The Grand Duchy of Braunschweig is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Großherzog Emil von Vorbeck with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 16.712 billion Braunschweigers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berghof. The average income tax rate is 40.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Braunschweiger economy, worth a remarkable 1,392 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 83,324 Reichsmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, young people suspect their parents might be a little bit stupid, a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, and the Braunschweiger Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Braunschweig's national animal is the eagle and its national religion is Wotanism.

Braunschweig is ranked 102,501^st in the world and 6^th in The Reich for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 11,391.31 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.