The International Union of Imperial Danubian Federation is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kaiser Karl II with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 14.706 billion Imperial Danubians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu Wien. The average income tax rate is 3.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial Danubian economy, worth a remarkable 3,163 trillion Kroner a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 215,099 Kroner, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, calling dibs is an unalienable right, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, and it isn't only obsequious grandees who produce a lot of manure at state occasions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Imperial Danubian Federation's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Paganism.

Imperial Danubian Federation is ranked 286,674^th in the world and 296^th in KAISERREICH for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -17.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.