The Empire of Duechsvoff is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 259 million Duechsvoffians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Duechsvoffian economy, worth 1.35 trillion rubahifs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 5,225 rubahifs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brasilistan is being evacuated after its designation as 'Test Zone 1 - Nuclear', the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Duechsvoff's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Duechsvoff is ranked 242,281^st in the world and 4^th in Ingronov for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -16.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.