The Preponderance of Goethe is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 41.283 billion Goetheans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Weimar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Goethean economy, worth a remarkable 6,464 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 156,579 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in Nederland, posters on 'Goethean Values' advise against being proud of Goethe, books are considered luxuries only available to the incredibly wealthy, and dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goethe's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Goethe is ranked 238,398^th in the world and 170^th in Nederland for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -5.05 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.