The District of Ostdeutschlander is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 25.284 billion Ostdeutschlanderians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 27.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ostdeutschlanderian economy, worth 702 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 27,782 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, voting is voluntary, military spending is on the increase, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime is moderate. Ostdeutschlander's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ostdeutschlander is ranked 126,618^th in the world and 3^rd in Cotonou for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 867.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.