The Republic of Panzer Vor 72 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.507 billion Panzer Vor 72ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 44.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The thriving Panzer Vor 72ian economy, worth 178 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,009 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, and a burger chain recently changed its name to Mack Donaldz for legal reasons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Panzer Vor 72's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Panzer Vor 72 is ranked 64,661st in the world and 1,099th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,985.83 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Panzer Vor 72, a burger chain recently changed its name to Mack Donaldz for legal reasons.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause.
- : Panzer Vor 72 was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Democratic Socialists".
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries.
- : Following new legislation in Panzer Vor 72, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough.
