The Nomadic Peoples of The Hanging Gardens is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and anti-smoking policies. The democratic population of 119 million Elysians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 23.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Elysian economy, worth 8.40 trillion Trees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 70,571 Trees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Children often kick Squirrels for amusement, clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence, celebrity chefs are thought to be the progenitors of all food, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Hanging Gardens's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Hanging Gardens is ranked 112,585^th in the world and 5^th in Groland for Most Developed, scoring 59.04 on the Human Development Index.