The Throne atop blood and bones of The Scarlet Rot is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 828 million Eldians 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 large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Haligtree. The average income tax rate is 50.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Eldian economy, worth 60.8 trillion Runes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,462 Runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The The Haligtree Pride Parade's head banner explains how unionizing is heteronormative, penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, and the government insists that a ghost voted ten million times in the last election. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Scarlet Rot's national animal is the Loathsome Dung Eater, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Scarlet Rot is ranked 110,008^th in the world and 2^nd in Roses Without Thorns for Most Extreme, scoring 22.58 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.