The Commonwealth of Elestie is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 281 million Elestieans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Healthcare, Industry, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The thriving Elestiean economy, worth 19.8 trillion Bitcoins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 70,491 Bitcoins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 249,516 per year while the poor average 14,378, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Organ donation is compulsory and new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Elestie's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Elestie is ranked 146,157^th in the world and 121^st in Sparkalia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 805.94 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.