The TSP Delegate Emeritus of Erstavik is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Luke I with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 10.048 billion Erstavikians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burgsvik. The average income tax rate is 82.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erstavikian economy, worth a remarkable 2,088 trillion Erstavik Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 207,872 Erstavik Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, "The Pride of the Erstavikian Skies" boasts an impressive 17 propellers and runs on turnip oil, and selling advanced CPUs to anti-Erstavikian terrorists is no chip on the government's shoulders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erstavik's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Erstavik is ranked 5,794^th in the world and 141^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 526.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.