The Confederated Empire of Derthalen is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Otto Fleischmann with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, fear of technology, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.282 billion Derthalers have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heinrichstadt. The average income tax rate is 69.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Derthaler economy, worth 831 trillion Thalers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 100,414 Thalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

The only place where one can see the Derthaler cherry tree is in a museum, on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, and education for the poor is learning to ask "do you want fries with that?". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Derthalen's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Imperial Truth.

Derthalen is ranked 145,433^rd in the world and 127^th in Eurth for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 86.81 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.