The Germanic Kingdom of Kaskalma is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by King Karl IX with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.981 billion Kaskalmans 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, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varstord. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kaskalman economy, worth 823 trillion Reichmarks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 91,679 Reichmarks, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The space program has been scrapped in order to focus on more terrestrial pursuits, celebrity wrestlers thumb their nose at due process, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Kaskalma's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Kaskalman Sabatism.

Kaskalma is ranked 21,710^th in the world and 57^th in The Western Isles for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,184.21 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.