Location: Deutschland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of SteamEngine is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hans Dampf with an even hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 17.353 billion enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of James-Watt-City. The average income tax rate is 67%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, highschool principals regularly send armed truancy patrols to drag problem students to school, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SteamEngine's national animal is the firedrake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the firegold.

SteamEngine is ranked 15th in Deutschland and 80,950th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 0.156 Stalins.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and