The Protectorate of Etlajhian Experimentation Zone is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 250 million Etlajhians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.5%.

The strong Etlajhian economy, worth 14.6 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 58,285 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 195,291 per year while the poor average 12,920, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

Newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names, bargain-hunting is considered unpatriotic, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, and the government seizes the property of the recently deceased. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Etlajhian Experimentation Zone's national animal is the Etlajhian Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Etlajhian Experimentation Zone is ranked 244,383^rd in the world and 5,063^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -3.74 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.