The Principality of Elicaderk is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, lack of airports, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.156 billion Elicaderkians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Elicaderkian economy, worth 175 trillion Copper Pieces a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 152,099 Copper Pieces, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 622,988 per year while the poor average 24,551, a ratio of 25.4 to 1.

Children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, foreigners with shady pasts are fleeing the country, and one can walk from one side of Elicaderk City to the other without setting foot on Elicaderkian soil. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elicaderk's national animal is the Red Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Elicaderk is ranked 91,694^th in the world and 71^st in The Khamen Union for Most Developed, scoring 63.62 on the Human Development Index.