The Federated States of Blankenheim is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Heidi Steinmeier with a fair hand, and remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, museums and concert halls, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.971 billion Blankenheimians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ahrhütte. The average income tax rate is 76.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Blankenheimian economy, worth a remarkable 1,437 trillion Reichsthalers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,207 Reichsthalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Children's TV shows are having a gay old time, Ahrhütte's back alleys are rife with sausage eating, a third of Blankenheimians are e-certified CEOs, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blankenheim's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Blankenheim is ranked 27,095^th in the world and 2^nd in Resuscitation for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.53 law-abiding acts per hour.