The Dictatorship of Enderstadt is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by Johann Werner with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, parental licensing program, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 814 million Enderstadtians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Endersburg. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Enderstadtian economy, worth 59.0 trillion Deriums a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 72,467 Deriums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, the government terminates employment with extreme prejudice, the studies of art and philosophy are banned, and foundling babies rarely make it off the doorsteps they are abandoned on. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Enderstadt's national animal is the Panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Enderstadt is ranked 279,569^th in the world and 3,524^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -12.01 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.