The Hallowed Angel of Death of Elegarth is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by God Emperor Elegarth with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 28.24 billion Elegarthians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of EleGard. The average income tax rate is 76.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Elegarthian economy, worth a remarkable 9,000 trillion Gold Coins a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 318,704 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

God Emperor Elegarth's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, minstrels carrying coconut shells provide sound effects wherever their nobles wander, and farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elegarth's national animal is the Black Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Atheism.

Elegarth is ranked 4,352^nd in the world and 66^th in the West Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 168,601.33 Standard Monetary Units.