The Grand Duchy of Northern Styria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Duke Evan Michael Muller III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.683 billion Northern Styrians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Graz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Styrian economy, worth 247 trillion Kroner a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 92,093 Kroner, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 462,078 per year while the poor average 10,283, a ratio of 44.9 to 1.

Anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead, foreign invaders are putting Northern Styrian lab rats out of a job, the news is showing footage of Grand Duke Evan Michael Muller III bullying an old man to the point of tears, and the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Styria's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Northern Styria is ranked 267,294^th in the world and 4^th in Das Imperiale Reich for Highest Poor Incomes, with 10,283.51 Standard Monetary Units.