The Social-Democratic Republic of Die Friedlichelaender is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Andreas Held with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.755 billion Friedlichens hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heiterstadt. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Die Friedlichelaenderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,805 trillion Pfunds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 206,264 Pfunds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments, and young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves. Crime is totally unknown. Die Friedlichelaender's national animal is the Taube, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Die Friedlichelaender is ranked 999^th in the world and 5^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,223.94 pounds of wildlife per square mile.