The Commonwealth of Eludmonden is a huge, genial nation, notable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 405 million Eludmondenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adastra. The average income tax rate is 39.2%.

The powerhouse Eludmondenian economy, worth 36.6 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 90,332 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eludmonden's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Eludmonden is ranked 46,564^th in the world and 1,517^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.