The Archduchy of Landermensch is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Archduchess Eliza with an even hand, and remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, prohibition of alcohol, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.03 billion Menschens are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rayaluz. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Menschian economy, worth 575 trillion Reichsmarks 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 142,822 Reichsmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Archduchess Eliza is famed for giving great back rubs, genetic screening weeds out citizens whose legs don't bend easily at the knee, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, and citizens are now allowed to discuss whether Archduchess Eliza is the greatest ruler ever or simply the greatest ruler of this generation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Landermensch's national animal is the Black Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Church of Ao.

Landermensch is ranked 23,777^th in the world and 419^th in the Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,937.2 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.