The Grand Duchy of Eu4 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.496 billion Eu4ians 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 Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Eu4ian economy, worth 112 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 32,075 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, and amorous nobles always bring the same disappointing gift to weddings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eu4's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Eu4 is ranked 293,655^th in the world and 43^rd in Swabia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 32.09 on the Kitten Softness Rating.