The Third Empire of Die Osterreichisch Grenze is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Arwynn Striker with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, rampant corporate plagiarism, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.593 billion Austrians 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 is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu-Wien. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Austrian economy, worth a remarkable 3,995 trillion Kroner 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, 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 amazing 344,689 Kroner, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, the monarch frequently needs protecting from misfiring protection, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, and many citizens refuse to smile lest they reveal their gold fillings. Crime is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Die Osterreichisch Grenze's national animal is the Nohrian Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a smattering of respected druids.

Die Osterreichisch Grenze is ranked 290,616^th in the world and 15^th in The Universal Order of Nations for Nicest Citizens, with 0.19 average smiles per day.