The Republic of Berman is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Ada Janssen with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.301 billion Bermanians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Defense, although Industry and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eiffeleininger. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The all-consuming Bermanian economy, worth 709 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 97,215 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 314,190 per year while the poor average 22,732, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

The government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, a new generation of space-obsessed youth are convinced there's nothing out there, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Berman's national animal is the Alpine Ibex, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Paganism.

Berman is ranked 262,099^th in the world and 1^st in Parkland for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 78.69 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.