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This small, high altitude land maintains a strict policy of neutrality and operates the Synchro Beacons, the primary of which resides at the top of the land. Elvitans are, by general agreement, the go-to people for wireless systems; Elvita is possibly the only land with a fully developed electric grid; Elvitan credit notes, backed by this grid, are often accepted by businesses for large transactions.

Elvita has a peculiar law, shared with Ustria, that a business can be considered its own person legally; this is called "corporate personhood" and is generally considered a very odd quirk of local law in other lands. Corporate charters require the construction of a Mechanical Turk mannequin that can be operated by someone inside the mechanism who is not in sight, and represents the business in court; the rule states that the operator's voice must be unrecognizable, which used to be accomplished by ornate mechanical warblers -- now the preferred method is an intentionally mistuned wireless, but the old entries in the Museum of Corporate Persons are still fascinating to mechanics enthusiasts.

Unlike Ustrians, Elvitans enjoy a basic social safety net -- Land Elvita has several caverns that have been used as disaster shelters in the past, and can be used by those who would otherwise be homeless.

 (Stereotype: Swiss)

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