The United Socialist States of Donauvolk is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 136 million Donaus are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Donau economy, worth 7.96 trillion Donau Francs a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,553 Donau Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rare steaks seem even bluer now, both criminals and civilians are DOA, Donauvolk Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', and the Super-Spud Cinematic Universe is breaking box office records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Donauvolk's national animal is the Finch, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Donauvolk is ranked 58,951^st in the world and 1,272^nd in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.13 law-abiding acts per hour.