The Springfield Enthusiast of Volkstaat Bayern is a huge, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 618 million Bavarians 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 prioritizes Defense, although Education, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of München. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.5%.

The all-consuming Bavarian economy, worth 61.3 trillion Bayernische Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 99,135 Bayernische Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', an eye for an eye leaves Volkstaat Bayern blind, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, and parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Volkstaat Bayern's national animal is the Dachshund, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Volkstaat Bayern is ranked 181,169^th in the world and 603^rd in the Outback for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 1,451.42 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.