The Elysium Heavenly Empire of New Shadow Imperium is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Empress Setara Sarelt with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 2.968 billion Elysians 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Acticoula. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Elysian economy, worth 147 trillion Imperialite Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,591 Imperialite Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Empress Setara Sarelt's wardrobe, appliance stores are finding spy cameras embedded in their unboxed merchandise, and a major religion has been named as New Shadow Imperium's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Shadow Imperium's national animal is the Shadow Pelted Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Shadow Imperium is ranked 125,003^rd in the world and 201^st in Astoria for Highest Food Quality, scoring 18.75 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.