The Empire of Le kartoffel is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by John Kartoffel with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.916 billion Le kartoffelians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Batatia. The average income tax rate is 85.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Le kartoffelian economy, worth 803 trillion Potato marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,415 Potato marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Le kartoffelians firmly believe that their heroes never farted or popped their pimples, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, public nudity is compulsory, and Maxtopian Grass flags adorn every college dorm room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Le kartoffel's national animal is the Pheasant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Solanum tuberosum.

Le kartoffel is ranked 14,055^th in the world and 178^th in the West Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 107,317.55 Standard Monetary Units.