The Kaiserreich of Sovern is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Kaiser Erik Alduin III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 22.005 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 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovern economy, worth a remarkable 8,457 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 384,367 Rodins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, protests are legal but strictly supervised, the car industry has been kicked into one-gear, and the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight. 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 1,510^th in the world and 1^st in Aceon for Highest Poor Incomes, with 238,609.34 Standard Monetary Units.