The Zahnradist State of Gepanzerberg is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Honorable Leader Frances V with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.621 billion Gepanzerbergers 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of El Cazalojarse. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gepanzerbergian economy, worth 235 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 145,255 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gepanzerberg's national animal is the wild boar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Gepanzerberg is ranked 261,327^th in the world and 7^th in Los Osos for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -6.93 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.