The Alicorn Squadron of The First German Order is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Captain Matias Torres with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 12.356 billion Submariners 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 primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Submarine Aircraft Carrier Alicorn. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Submariner economy, worth a remarkable 5,267 trillion Salvations a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 426,330 Salvations, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government has become increasingly militant, netizens fiercely argue over who loves Captain Matias Torres more, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and the ongoing space elevator construction project has elevated the national debt to all new levels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The First German Order's national animal is the Alicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Torresism.

The First German Order is ranked 940^th in the world and 26^th in the Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 17,580.59 on the Gilded Widget Scale.