The Republic of County of Holstein is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.102 billion County of Holsteinians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60.4%.

The frighteningly efficient County of Holsteinian economy, worth 120 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,935 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 393,225 per year while the poor average 21,558, a ratio of 18.2 to 1.

Public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people", war vets look after war animals, nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, and pitchforks and torches are coming back into fashion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. County of Holstein's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

County of Holstein is ranked 27,320^th in the world and 163^rd in Novaya Zemlya for Most Developed, scoring 84.34 on the Human Development Index.