The Empire of Elteka is a small, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 23 million Eltekans 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 relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 12.7%.

The strong Eltekan economy, worth 1.41 trillion Gollens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is 61,225 Gollens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas and the diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Elteka's national animal is the Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Elteka is ranked 263,644^th in the world and 966^th in Concord for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 12.69 Effective Tax Rate.