The Kingdom of Hersfeld is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Christopher von Hagen with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 13.37 billion Hersfelders 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 is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Welfare, Law & Order, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Public Transport and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bad Hersfeld. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.2%.

The very strong Hersfeldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,130 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,587 marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Hersfeldian Navy, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, and a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hersfeld's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Hersfeld is ranked 32,552^nd in the world and 1^st in German Federation for Largest Black Market, with 51.8 trillion Standard Monetary Units.