The Free Land of Elaine is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-working, democratic population of 8.254 billion Elaineans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.2%.

The powerhouse Elainean economy, worth 452 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,819 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 160,851 per year while the poor average 14,727, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

The transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, and the Elainean Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Elaine's national animal is the beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Elaine is ranked 188,068^th in the world and 71^st in Serenity for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 629.2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.