The Freistaat of Hanzestadt Danzig is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Willy van de Groep with an iron fist, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 44.221 billion Hansastadt Danzigians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Danzig. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hanzestadt Danzigian economy, worth a remarkable 8,077 trillion Guldens a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,660 Guldens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Women no longer need to pepper conversations with incessant references to fictitious husbands, new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, and Hanzestadt Danzigian political exiles populate the near abroad. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hanzestadt Danzig's national animal is the Loewe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Filadelfia Athletics.

Hanzestadt Danzig is ranked 33,649^th in the world and 4^th in Germany for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.64 law-abiding acts per hour.