The Grand Empire of Elyssae is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Queen-Paramount Anastasia Tenebrae with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.094 billion Elyssaeans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aeris. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Elyssaean economy, worth a remarkable 1,950 trillion Rens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 214,534 Rens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Deceased politicians' MyFace profiles are unanimously pro-incumbent, Queen-Paramount Anastasia Tenebrae can't hear a thing when the unwashed masses throw rocks at the new state limousine, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, and the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elyssae's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Aedis Nocturne.

Elyssae is ranked 278,959^th in the world and 10,708^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,221.5 Standard Monetary Units.