The Federation of Mahrenbach is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 8.571 billion Mahrenbachians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Mahrenbachian economy, worth a remarkable 1,668 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 194,616 Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 743,989 per year while the poor average 35,179, a ratio of 21.1 to 1.

Beggars lack pockets for spare change, the government has enacted freedom of information, teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, and the traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face. Crime is totally unknown. Mahrenbach's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mahrenbach is ranked 34,396^th in the world and 4^th in Codex Ylvus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.27 law-abiding acts per hour.