The Empire of Schmalkaldic is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 792 million Schmalkaldikers 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Königswacht. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Schmalkaldician economy, worth 70.7 trillion Gerechtigkeit Marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,212 Gerechtigkeit Marks, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

Little girls are in tears as Leader confiscates their pink princess ballgowns, the government seizes the property of the recently deceased, childhood friends of Leader are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schmalkaldic's national animal is the Martial Eagle.

Schmalkaldic is ranked 215,506^th in the world and 209^th in KAISERREICH for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.