The Gerechtrepublik of Justizpalast is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by High Justiciar Bryan Ferencz with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 6.426 billion Anwalts are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hall of Justice. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The strong Anwalt economy, worth 295 trillion Uhders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 45,977 Uhders, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 283,233 per year while the poor average 3,248, a ratio of 87.2 to 1.

Online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for Justizpalast, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, anti-government web sites are springing up, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Justizpalast's national animal is the black eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is The Church of Themis.

Justizpalast is ranked 110,068^th in the world and 57^th in Thaecia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,434.86 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.