The Holy Blue Empire of Witzelsucht is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Yodle with an even hand, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, disturbing lack of elderly people, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 15.781 billion Angel of Deaths 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hell. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dead economy, worth a remarkable 2,065 trillion Gold Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,916 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Witzelsucht's radio stations, and Hell is a police state during international summits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Witzelsucht's national animal is the Zombie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yodlism.

Witzelsucht is ranked 18,348^th in the world and 1^st in The Graveyard That Has No Big Banks for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,896.53 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.