The Federation of Trandon is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by VolksKaiser Eric Voss with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, avowedly heterosexual populace, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.363 billion Trandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dornburg. The average income tax rate is 44.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Trandonian economy, worth 391 trillion Trandian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 116,509 Trandian Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Trandon has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred revivals is how theatre-goers measure a year, Trandon is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, and when shaking hands with foreign leaders VolksKaiser Eric Voss wears an armoured gauntlet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trandon's national animal is the Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox.

Trandon is ranked 34,141^st in the world and 38^th in Concord for Largest Black Market, with 45.7 trillion Standard Monetary Units.