The TSP Delegate Emeritus of Erstavik is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Luke I with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, strictly enforced bedtime, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 10.137 billion Erstavikians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burgsvik. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erstavikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,127 trillion Erstavik Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 209,833 Erstavik Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A light breeze is enough to make Emperor Luke I fold, scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erstavik's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Erstavik is ranked 204,804^th in the world and 2,301^st in the South Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,153.76 Standard Monetary Units.