The Protectorate of Ehrvan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.276 billion Ehrvannen are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 82.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ehrvanne economy, worth 117 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 91,818 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one tells their son "you're the man of the house" any more, social order requires citizens to be afraid to ask questions, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, and the transition from trojan horses to regular old horses is on track. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ehrvan's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ehrvan is ranked 286,754^th in the world and 83^rd in The Invaders for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.