The Federal Queendom of Elisabethshagen is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Kanzler und Königin with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 5.009 billion Elisabethshageners are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elisabethshagen. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elisabethshagenian economy, worth 900 trillion Guldens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 179,856 Guldens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, and the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop. Crime is totally unknown. Elisabethshagen's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Evangelic-Lutheran Faith.

Elisabethshagen is ranked 213,817^th in the world and 897^th in Europe for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.74 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.