The Federal Republic of Rotenstein is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Friedrich von Rotenstein with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.648 billion Rotensteiners are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rotadlerburg. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rotensteinian economy, worth 758 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,676 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Judges who serve for life or good behavior can expect to stay for a week, extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals, coalition governments are essential to passing new laws, and overweight people receive reparations checks from fast-food chains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rotenstein's national animal is the red eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Rotenstein is ranked 13,076^th in the world and 255^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,347.35 pounds of wildlife per square mile.