The Federal Queendom of Elisabethshagen is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Kanzler und Königin with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 9.259 billion Elisabethshageners enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The relatively small, liberal 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 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Elisabethshagenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,109 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 amazing 227,854 Guldens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions of Guldens are being blown on orbital weapons development, expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, and even secular Elisabethshageners are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!". 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 290,708^th in the world and 1,452^nd in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -28.18 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.