The Republic of Jelekova is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Vera Kovacs with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 29.806 billion Jelekovans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kamarina. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Jelekovan economy, worth a remarkable 6,603 trillion Kronor a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 221,534 Kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Jelekovans any less frightened, doctors are encouraged to 'pull the plug' any time the government has a budget crisis, and the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jelekova's national animal is the Penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Mos Maiorum.

Jelekova is ranked 283,187^th in the world and 1,273^rd in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 19.14 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.