Three munitions manufacturers, discontent with reduced profits due to King Herman the 6+7⁄8's pacifist policies, conspire to overthrow him and institute a dictatorship.

Moe assumes the role of the leader, drawing parallels to Adolf Hitler, while Curly and Larry are assigned positions mirroring a hybrid of Benito Mussolini and Hermann Göring as well as Joseph Goebbels, respectively.

Amidst the farcical political maneuvering, the Stooges attempt to navigate international diplomacy, depicted through a round-table meeting where absurd demands are made of neighboring countries.

During this period, isolationist senators such as Burton Wheeler and Gerald Nye objected to Hollywood films on grounds that they were anti-Nazi propaganda vehicles designed to mobilize the American public for war.

The Hays code discouraged or prohibited many types of political and satirical messages in feature films, requiring that the history and prominent people of other countries must be portrayed "fairly".