The Empire of Harkonnenstadt is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its flagrant waste-dumping, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.001 billion Harkonnenstadtians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mecklenburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Harkonnenstadtian economy, worth 127 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,011 marks, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, police pull people off the street for even mentioning the word plane, Leader's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, and dentists routinely perform open heart surgery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Harkonnenstadt's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Harkonnenstadt is ranked 36,631^st in the world and 55^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Average Incomes, with 127,011.03 Standard Monetary Units.