Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Prussistan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Siegfried I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.105 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prusstia. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Automobile Manufacturing.

Politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prussistan's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Taler.

Prussistan is ranked 3,722nd in The East Pacific and 85,212th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and