The Fiefdom of Elklan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Tony Tony Chopper with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.232 billion Elklanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moselk. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elklanian economy, worth 279 trillion meeses a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,343 meeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule, and the space program has been scrapped in order to focus on more terrestrial pursuits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elklan's national animal is the elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Song of the Elk.

Elklan is ranked 326,070^th in the world and 2,628^th in the West Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.