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The Grand Duchy of Elsenguard is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 704 million Elsenguardians 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 large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Todesengel. The average income tax rate is 53.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Elsenguardian economy, worth 32.7 trillion Credit Chips a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,413 Credit Chips, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Todesengel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elsenguard's national animal is the Elsenguarden Blue Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Elsenguard is ranked 21,767^th in the world and 90^th in Europeia for Most Authoritarian, with 2,927.07 milliStalins.