The Kingdom of Aethelguards is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 293 million Aethelguardsians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 25.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Aethelguardsian economy, worth 12.9 trillion swiff frances a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,126 swiff frances, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Former bars are desperately trying to re-brand themselves as cafés, the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, the weather in Aethelguards City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings', and airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aethelguards's national animal is the platypus, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Aethelguards is ranked 177,364^th in the world and 44^th in Audinesca for Most Developed, scoring 54.24 on the Human Development Index.