The State of Ostdeutschstaad is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 15.21 billion Ostdeutschstaadians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Ostdeutschstaadian economy, worth 265 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 17,461 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have been outlawed, cars are banned, and Ostdeutschstaad has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostdeutschstaad's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ostdeutschstaad is ranked 49,153^rd in the world and 18^th in Ancient Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.41 law-abiding acts per hour.