The United States of Confederacy of Elsweyr is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by J'Dargo with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.488 billion Khajiits enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order and Spirituality are also considered important, while International Aid and Industry are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arel City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The Confederacy of Elsweyrian economy, worth 469 trillion Arels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 49,519 Arels, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 319,154 per year while the poor average 3,104, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Confederacy of Elsweyr has designated Arel City as its capital city, military spending is on the increase, military spending recently hit a new high, and J'Dargo has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Confederacy of Elsweyr's national animal is the Cat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Confederacy of Elsweyr is ranked 161,974^th in the world and 19^th in Saint Helene for Largest Black Market, with 953 billion Standard Monetary Units.