The Kingdom of Ellcrys is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Charlotte Grey with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 8.126 billion Ellcrysians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shannara. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Ellcrysian economy, worth 938 trillion Roses a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,455 Roses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, more and more people are signing up for the government party, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ellcrys's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ellcrys is ranked 4,077^th in the world and 75^th in the West Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 7,328.74 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.