The Royal Pigeon Republic of Elestansa is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Anatolie Negutesco with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.01 billion Elesians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Telavograd. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elesian economy, worth 87.7 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Information Technology. Average income is 86,838 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, and the standard government reply to any query is "there is no spoon". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elestansa's national animal is the Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pigeon Worshipping.

Elestansa is ranked 11,920^th in the world and 246^th in Europe for Highest Food Quality, scoring 149.44 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.