The Republic of Panzer Vor 279 is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 2.004 billion Panzer Vor 279ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Panzer Vor 279ian economy, worth 113 trillion Dollars 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 56,605 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, litter collection has replaced fast food as the most popular after-school job, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Panzer Vor 279's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Panzer Vor 279 is ranked 69,931^st in the world and 1,238^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,706.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.