The Empire of New Elesar is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Dimitri II Yusupov with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, strictly enforced bedtime, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 18.243 billion Elesarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alexandrovsk. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Elesarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,991 trillion Hryvnias a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 109,159 Hryvnias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, and public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Elesar's national animal is the Double Headed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

New Elesar is ranked 217,337^th in the world and 2^nd in New Atlas for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -2.8 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.