The Republic of Fahnricht is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 354 million Fahnrichtians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 30.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Fahnrichtian economy, worth 11.2 trillion Fahns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,504 Fahns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fahnricht's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Fahnricht is ranked 287,000^th in the world and 226^th in Corsair for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring -7.21 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.