The Germanisches Kaiserreich of Vadterland is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Kaiserin Viktoria with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, otherworldly petting zoo, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.136 billion Germanians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Branzenburg. The average income tax rate is 34.9%.

The all-consuming Germanian economy, worth 684 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 95,852 Reichsmarks, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, and citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vadterland's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Trinitarianism.

Vadterland is ranked 63,314^th in the world and 2^nd in Mundus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 943.28 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.