Republic of East Gorteau

==Trivia==
* East Gorteau is an allegory for [[wikipedia:North_Korea|North Korea]].
* The Selection process claimed the lives of 491,499 people between civilians and soldiers; 46,613 more died within 24 hours of waking up from [[Shaiapouf]]'s hypnosis, bringing up the number to 538,112.<ref name="chap318" /> [[Komugi]], the victims made by Meruem and his [[Royal Guards]] when they moved into the palace, as well as the board games champions they killed, are excluded from the tally.
** 5,000 former citizens survive to this day as artificial human-Chimera Ant hybrids.<ref>Hunter × Hunter - Volume 24, Chapter 251</ref>
* [[Zeno Zoldyck]] did at least one infiltration missions in the country in the past.<ref name="chap230" />
* The strategy board game [[Gungi]] was invented in the Republic of East Gorteau. Since every citizen knows how to play it and East Gorteau has won all the international tournaments,<ref>Hunter × Hunter - Volume 23, Chapter 244</ref> the game can be considered the sport of the country.
** Although tenuously, part of the game dynamics and some of the names of its pieces reflect (or are an analogy to) the East Gorteau's politics/system.