The Republic of Barbenheimer is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, triple-decker prams, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.252 billion Barbenheimerians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.6%.

The all-consuming Barbenheimerian economy, worth 103 trillion marks 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 82,277 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 242,838 per year while the poor average 21,922, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal, wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, and years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Barbenheimer's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Barbenheimer is ranked 58,870^th in the world and 1,178^th in Suspicious for Most Corrupt Governments, with 31.2 kickbacks per hour.