The Kingdom of Bergau is a massive, safe nation, ruled by High King Karcel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.591 billion Bergauans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hochstätten. The average income tax rate is 50.3%.

The Bergauan economy, worth 133 trillion Bergtalers a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,609 Bergtalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, the song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Bergau' is a smash hit, war criminals are given full state funerals, and consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bergau's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bergism.

Bergau is ranked 67,667^th in the world and 117^th in KAISERREICH for Most Patriotic, with 20.83 flags saluted per person per day.