The Pegasus of Guard 15 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 23.062 billion Guard 15ians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, International Aid, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 52.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Guard 15ian economy, worth 446 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 19,366 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Guard 15's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Guard 15 is ranked 103,000^th in the world and 1^st in Goldshire for Most Primitive, scoring -20 on the Scary Big Number Scale.