The Republic of Elistopolo Repoungee Grenoing is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 9.17 billion Elistopolo Repoungee Grenoingians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Elistopolo Repoungee Grenoingian economy, worth 516 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,358 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, adulthood begins with the creation of an email account, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, and interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elistopolo Repoungee Grenoing's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Elistopolo Repoungee Grenoing is ranked 113,595^th in the world and 29^th in Keep of Darkness XL for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.31 law-abiding acts per hour.