The Federal Republic of Eleuthelrium is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its public floggings, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 5.309 billion Eleuthelriumians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prosperitas. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Eleuthelriumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,809 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 340,899 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", tourists are forbidden to enter Native Eleuthelriumian lands, and cheese lovers have a case of the bleus. Crime is totally unknown. Eleuthelrium's national animal is the Animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Eleuthelrium is ranked 2,517^th in the world and 59^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 67.8 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.