The Metal Empire of Kampfgruppe 400 is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by The Metal God with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 38.316 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 20,866 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 544,585 imperiums, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,151,621 per year while the poor average 44,795, a ratio of 70.4 to 1.

All footpaths have tollbooths, the first test of a good kindergartener is the quality of the sponge-baths they give, children are expected to carve their own toys, and government statistics suggest 115% of the population love The Metal God. 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 246,174^th in the world and 6^th in Viking Europe for Most Armed, with 0.06 Weapons Per Person.