The Protektorats Staat of Dalgograd is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Sascha Nordheimer with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.584 billion Dalgogradians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu-Petrograd. The average income tax rate is 47.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Dalgogradian economy, worth 105 trillion Volkskredits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 66,708 Volkskredits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

All artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, nations that kill a Dalgogradian can expect a strongly worded letter, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dalgograd's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Ariosophy.

Dalgograd is ranked 70,973^rd in the world and 4,163^rd in Balder for Highest Poor Incomes, with 39,162.04 Standard Monetary Units.