The Größer-Deutsches Kaiserreich of Drachen is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Kaiser Friedrich IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.972 billion Germans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient German economy, worth a remarkable 1,759 trillion Reichmarks a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,156 Reichmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, the meaning of life was recently discovered in the patch notes for Version 1.42, and it's illegal to be caught on tape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drachen's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is German Lutheranism.

Drachen is ranked 39,822^nd in the world and 73^rd in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,278.78 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.