The Duchy of Franconia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Duke Konrad with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 32.092 billion Franconians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nürnberg. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Franconian economy, worth a remarkable 1,810 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,402 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel, elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan, 'Coloniser-in-Chief' has become Duke Konrad's new moniker, and the nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Franconia's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Franconia is ranked 118,971^st in the world and 71^st in Grant for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,787.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.