The Empire of North Elasion is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The cynical population of 3.075 billion North Elasionians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong North Elasionian economy, worth 296 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,267 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and billions of Dollars are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Elasion's national animal is the Jackal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

North Elasion is ranked 22,209^th in the world and 337^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 264.19 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.