Location: Tyrrhenia

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The Anti-Communist Crusader of Prussia-Steinbach is a massive, devout nation, ruled by His Majesty Kaiser B∙E∙ Steinbach with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.531 billion enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Uranium Mining.

Scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, and travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prussia-Steinbach's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Mark.

Prussia-Steinbach is ranked 21st in Tyrrhenia and 130,802nd in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with -15 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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