The Republic of Kollminer is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 625 million Kollminerians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 19.7%.

The Kollminerian economy, worth 38.7 trillion Kollmann Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,867 Kollmann Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Expectant parents view twins with equal parts joy and suspicion, teddy bears and pajamas have replaced briefcases and suits in Kollminer's offices, surfers ride tsunamis of record height and toxicity, and CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kollminer's national animal is the capybara, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Kollminer is ranked 185,840^th in the world and 3^rd in Altoria for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.