The Commonwealth of Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.413 billion Wilhelm Conrad Rontgenians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.5%.

The all-consuming Wilhelm Conrad Rontgenian economy, worth 706 trillion Vereinsthalers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,246 Vereinsthalers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 379,286 per year while the poor average 16,111, a ratio of 23.5 to 1.

Travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and appendix transplant figures have recently doubled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen's national animal is the Röntgen Ray, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen is ranked 98,249^th in the world and 18^th in Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.08 law-abiding acts per hour.