The Germanic Kingdom of Kaskalma is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by King Karl IX with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.608 billion Kaskalmans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varstord. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaskalman economy, worth 780 trillion Reichmarks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 90,685 Reichmarks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 535,703 per year while the poor average 7,105, a ratio of 75.4 to 1.

The space program has been scrapped in order to focus on more terrestrial pursuits, celebrity wrestlers thumb their nose at due process, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Kaskalma's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Kaskalman Sabatism.

Kaskalma is ranked 42,363^rd in the world and 30^th in The Western Isles for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 6,276.01 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.