The Rivers of Eldwyn is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lord Chancellor Frida with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, devout population of 2.348 billion Eldwynians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caer Wynne. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Eldwynian economy, worth 243 trillion Eldmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 103,597 Eldmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, mathematicians are hated by children across the country, families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs, and the nation takes the world's poor and tired and the huddled Masses yearning to breathe free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eldwyn's national animal is the Barn Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Unitarian.

Eldwyn is ranked 272,397^th in the world and 3,731^st in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -57.31 on the Hayek Index.