The Greater United Realms of Romberg is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kaiser Johann VI with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 29.345 billion Rombergians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Social Policy, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holmgard. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Rombergian economy, worth a remarkable 4,129 trillion Kronor a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,720 Kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Builders across Romberg are blocked up with orders for new public loos, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment. Crime is totally unknown. Romberg's national animal is the East Prussian tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Romberg is ranked 81,344^th in the world and 1^st in Nordmark for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 46,578.33 Standard Monetary Units.