The Democratic People's Republic of Franconia and Bavaria is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Grand Marshal Timoshenko with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 4.631 billion Francovarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Munich. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Francovarian economy, worth 558 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 120,661 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists ask to stay in the same pleasant accommodations where foreign prisoners are kept, the government hopes that Federation janitors overhear all of the good gossip, military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it, and ordinary soldiers trade rumors about the top secret "Death From Above" project. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Franconia and Bavaria's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Franconia and Bavaria is ranked 21,108^th in the world and 213^th in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.82 law-abiding acts per hour.