The Dictatorship of Ordensstat Europa is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 280 million Ordensstat Europans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Northern Andvari. The average income tax rate is 23.0%.

The all-consuming Ordensstat Europan economy, worth 27.7 trillion ESMS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 98,884 ESMS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, and prison libraries are being replaced with interrogation chambers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ordensstat Europa's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ordensstat Europa is ranked 222,071^st in the world and 1,122^nd in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.01 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.