The Germanic Empire of Vulcravia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kaiser Karl IV with an iron fist, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.881 billion Germans 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Germanic economy, worth a remarkable 2,801 trillion Reichsdenars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 407,138 Reichsdenars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,315,825 per year while the poor average 95,201, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and business leaders are mailing Kaiser Karl IV forged birth certificates in a bid to win their rivals as serfs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vulcravia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Vulcravia is ranked 12,470^th in the world and 16^th in United Kingdom for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,576.3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.