The Kaiserreich of Der Krieg is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Kaiser von Mourhürst with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.592 billion Kriegers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mourhürst. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Kriegan economy, worth a remarkable 6,388 trillion Kriegsmarks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 a breathtaking 551,127 Kriegsmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fashion models are guaranteed to be 100% genuinely as anorexic as they appear on magazine covers, Kriegers incessantly needle their doctors for relief, love means always having to say you're sorry, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Der Krieg's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Viktorianism.

Der Krieg is ranked 7,946^th in the world and 3^rd in Segmentum Tempestus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 455.77 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.