The United States of Elevation is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 46.036 billion Elevationians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Environment, with Defense and Education also on the agenda, while Public Transport and Healthcare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beacon Heights. The average income tax rate is 2.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elevationian economy, worth a remarkable 6,729 trillion Bottle Caps a year, is highly specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,183 Bottle Caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, army rations are served on silver platters, and political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm. Crime is totally unknown. Elevation's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a major religion.

Elevation is ranked 285,089^th in the world and 6,272^nd in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -236.96 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.