When Minister-President Reitmayer makes an ill-advised statement about Bavaria's potential withdrawal from the federal government, he comes under fire from the press and subsequently goes into hiding. Searching for their father, Reitmayer's children, Kathi and Martl, embark on a road trip that brings them closer to the Bavarian and Franconian mentalities and their disparities, while also prompting them to reconsider their relationship with their father. He believes he has found his freedom in an unexpected place, but to restore balance within his family and among the people, Reitmayer must return to the public eye, as the idea of sovereignty is also making headlines among the population.

When Sepp watches his grandson playing with a Prussian boy, he is immediately reminded of his own childhood, a time filled with hatred for the "other people." Bavarians and Prussians have nothing in common, he is certain. They merely live in the same country. A rivalry that begins as play between Bavarian farm children and Prussian newcomers gradually develops into a hatred that cannot end well. Even a romantic relationship cannot unite the two sides, but only divides them further. A enmity rooted in tradition is inevitable.