The Ranging Ungulate Herd of Elk is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lincoln Elkhart with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.186 billion Elk hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elks Lodge. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elk economy, worth 322 trillion kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 147,484 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie, school kids who pretend to drive imaginary cars get a social worker and a police observer assigned to them, and Lincoln Elkhart's handshakes with opposition leaders usually lead to thumb wars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elk's national animal is the Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Grazing.

Elk is ranked 107,149^th in the world and 4^th in Democratia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 476.35 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.