The Empire of Piersantia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Kaiser Frederick Von Wilhelm with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.583 billion Piersantians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perlin. The average income tax rate is 30.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Piersantian economy, worth 134 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,104 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, weapons produced by newly nationalized armaments factories have been found to contain sawdust instead of gunpowder, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, and colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Piersantia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Piersantia is ranked 233,845^th in the world and 1,124^th in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.37 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.