The Metal Empire of Kampfgruppe 400 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Metal God with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 46.135 billion Metalheads 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metalopolis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Kampfgruppe 400ian economy, worth an astonishing 25,149 trillion imperiums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 545,120 imperiums, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,783,857 per year while the poor average 58,760, a ratio of 47.4 to 1.

Decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money, a rusted hulk in Metalopolis harbour has been voted the worst eyesore in Viking Europe, the army consists of only generals and grunts, and heretic deviants are free to practice their deviance outside of Kampfgruppe 400. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kampfgruppe 400's national animal is the shark, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Heavy Metal.

Kampfgruppe 400 is ranked 8^th in the world and 1^st in Viking Europe for Safest, scoring 320.65 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.