The Republic of Panzer Vor 412 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.951 billion Panzer Vor 412ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The large government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The Panzer Vor 412ian economy, worth 57.5 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 29,459 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.
Evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, and troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean. Crime is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Panzer Vor 412's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Panzer Vor 412 is ranked 127,582nd in the world and 2,439th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 848.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Panzer Vor 412's influence in Suspicious rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Panzer Vor 412's influence in Suspicious fell from "Minnow" to "Nipper".
- : Panzer Vor 412's influence in Suspicious rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Panzer Vor 412 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector.
- : Panzer Vor 412's influence in Suspicious fell from "Minnow" to "Nipper".
- : Panzer Vor 412's influence in Suspicious rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 412, troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 412, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 412, the masses are surrendering their civil liberties without complaint for the sake of shopping convenience.
- : Panzer Vor 412 was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Moralistic Democracy".
