The Commonwealth of Berlin and Hanover is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Friedrich Kraus with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, cheerful population of 11.371 billion Berliners have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Berliner economy, worth a remarkable 2,407 trillion Deutsche Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 211,725 Deutsche Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue-collar workers agree that Thirdsday is the dreariest day of the week, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, and there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees his shadow. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Berlin and Hanover's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Yahlism.

Berlin and Hanover is ranked 1,761^st in the world and 55^th in Europe for Nicest Citizens, with 73.58 average smiles per day.