The Republic of Jelekova is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Vera Kovacs with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 29.768 billion Jelekovans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kamarina. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Jelekovan economy, worth a remarkable 6,566 trillion Kronor a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 220,577 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, the lactose-intolerant are force-fed cheese products with predictably gassy results, the election for President Vera Kovacs's office's janitor is heating up, and postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jelekova's national animal is the Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Mos Maiorum.

Jelekova is ranked 279,558^th in the world and 1,277^th in Europeia for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.83 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.