The Imperial Federation of Sovern is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Kaiser Otto Alduin with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 16.737 billion Soverns 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, 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 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovern economy, worth a remarkable 5,820 trillion Rodins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 347,771 Rodins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,097,447 per year while the poor average 84,203, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

There's more vermin than ever on the metro, people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, and demand for night vision goggles and boat engine mufflers has spiked. 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 1,781^st in the world and 1^st in Barbaria for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 16,077.69 on the Gilded Widget Scale.