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The Republic of East Piedmont

“Glory to our Motherland”

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The Republic of East Piedmont is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Steele with an even hand, and renowned for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed population of 4.036 billion Piedmontians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Atlanta. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Piedmontan economy, worth 486 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 120,657 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Piedmontan novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about President Steele, enemy agents often find themselves caught in a bind, citizens sell their moldy bread as homemade penicillin, and Arms Manufacturing facilities are being turned into Phoenix habitats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Piedmont's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

East Piedmont is ranked 22,418^th in the world and 1,451^st in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 87.8 law-abiding acts per hour.

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