German State

The German State is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Wolfgang Saarbregan with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.243 billion New Germans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neo-Berlinstein Megacity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The thriving New German economy, worth 102.4 trillion New German Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 79,741 New German Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 298,503 per year while the poor average 14,905, a ratio of 20.0 to 1.

International trade is a sticky issue, bleach is the nation's most common pesticide, NationStates is now a popular brand of laxatives despite Max Barry's protests, and there's a mortuary next to every New German restaurant. Friedrich Alexander Hohenzollern I was recently crowned Holy Kaiser after the death of Kaiser Alexander I. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. -New German Empire-'s national animal is the Golden Double Headed Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is German Catholic Christianity.