The Constitutional Monarchy of Dalmannia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by König Manfred III with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.758 billion Dalmannians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clarstadt. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dalmannian economy, worth 187 trillion Dalsmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 106,521 Dalsmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

No one is quite sure what many government officials look like, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, and swings are now more popular than see-saws in children's playgrounds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dalmannia's national animal is the Dalmannian Shepmatian, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Exspirivatism.

Dalmannia is ranked 33,064^th in the world and 333^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,659.48 on the Societal Mobility Rating.