The Germanic Kingdom of Kaskalma is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Charles III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its feral children, fear of technology, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.151 billion Kaskalmans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jorgenstadt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaskalman economy, worth 438 trillion Reichmarks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,112 Reichmarks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 276,073 per year while the poor average 19,796, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Military spending recently hit a new high, lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", glamping Kaskalmans won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, and beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Kaskalma's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Kaskalma is ranked 86,088^th in the world and 44^th in The Western Isles for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,491.15 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.