The Federal Grand Duchy of Birgenland is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Grand Duke Harald I Svenson with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 8.467 billion Birglanders have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birköping. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Birgish economy, worth 760 trillion Birgse Kroner a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,787 Birgse Kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cops in Birköping spend much of their time napping on a park bench next to Embassy Row, motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts", the nation leads Nordic Lands in per capita stalking, and the new cheese tax is colloquially known as "wheel welfare". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Birgenland's national animal is the Arctic Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lutheranist Christianity.

Birgenland is ranked 19,216^th in the world and 63^rd in Nordic Lands for Highest Food Quality, scoring 119.63 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.