The Republic of Berman is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Ada Janssen with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, fear of technology, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 7.459 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, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. 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 729 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 97,688 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 313,696 per year while the poor average 23,058, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

Families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, and condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals. 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 49,368^th in the world and 1^st in Lewisham for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,100.38 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.