The Kaiserreich of Sovern is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Kaiser Erik Alduin III with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 21.534 billion Soverns are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valis. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovern economy, worth a remarkable 8,226 trillion Rodins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 382,022 Rodins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, camo-patterned plush comfort blankets are standard issue for commandos, government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time, and the 'no-coal' transition is being paid for in slashed student support funds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Sovern's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Indigoism.

Sovern is ranked 888^th in the world and 1^st in Aceon for Largest Governments, scoring 67.94 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.