The Ballistic Buccaneers of Eltran Space Pirates is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 2.282 billion Eltran Space Piratesians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 18.7%.

The Eltran Space Piratesian economy, worth 103 trillion booties a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 45,153 booties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

For the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and voting is voluntary. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Eltran Space Pirates's national animal is the shipboard gorilla, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Eltran Space Pirates is ranked 164,846^th in the world and 1^st in Translight for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,174.12 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.