The Kaiserreich of Sovern is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kaiser Erik Alduin III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, stringent health and safety legislation, and labour-free parental leave. The hard-nosed, cynical, cheerful population of 21.919 billion Soverns are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valis. The average income tax rate is 99.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovern economy, worth a remarkable 8,419 trillion Rodins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 384,137 Rodins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and saying "don't do anything that Kaiser Erik Alduin III wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Sovern's national animal is the Falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Indigoism.

Sovern is ranked 1,219^th in the world and 1^st in Aceon for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 99.72 Effective Tax Rate.