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Free State of Eldsey ᚠᚱᛁᛚᛆᚿᛑᛂᚿ᛬ᛂᛚᛑᛋᚤᛂᛆᚱ (Eldseyan) Frilanden Eldsøjar ᚠᚱᛁᛚᛆᚿᛑᛂᛐ᛬ᛂᛚᛑᛋᚤᚤᛂᚱ (Waldish) Frilandet Eldsøyer
Free state
Flag Coat of arms
Sovereign state	Waldrich
Settlement	9th century
Waldian Empire	915
Kingdom of North Waldia	19 June 1031
Old Waldish Confederacy	7 January 1654
Waldish Confederation	20 May 1866
Autonomy	13 March 1941
Capital and largest city	Hallsta
Official languages	Eldseyan Waldish
Ethnic groups (2020)	95.8% Eldseyan 2.4% Waldish 1.8% Other
Religion (2020)	90.9% Semitarism 88.6% Telmerian Catholic 2.3% Other Semitar 7.6% Irreligious 1.5% Other
Demonym(s)	Eldseyan
Leaders
• Lawspeaker	Olaf Arnesen
Legislature	Lagting
Area
• Total	1,615 km2 (624 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	30,448
• Density	18.9/km2 (49.0/sq mi)

Eldsey, officially the Free State of Eldsey, is a free state of Waldrich. It consists of an archipelago in the Glacian Ocean known as the Eldsey Islands, located X kilometers northeast of the Waldish mainland. Its capital and largest city is Hallsta, which is home to nearly one third of the state's residents.  Eldsey's total area of 1,615 square kilometers and population of 30,448 make it the smallest and least populous state in Waldrich.