The Realm of Mittland is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rikskansler Astrid Ehrenkrona with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, soft-spoken computers, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 882 million Mittlanders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sveafors. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Mittlander economy, worth 115 trillion Riksdalers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 130,417 Riksdalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, and military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mittland's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mittland is ranked 43,272^nd in the world and 602^nd in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 723.93 pounds of wildlife per square mile.