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The Armed Republic of Einheitswelt is a huge, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, vat-grown people, and labour-free parental leave. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 288 million Brothers and Sisters 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centrastadt Alpha. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Einheitsweltian economy, worth 12.8 trillion Coupons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,311 Coupons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Einheitswelt has designated Centrastadt Alpha as its capital city, moonshine has made a resurgence, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Einheitswelt after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, and it's best to decline if Leader offers to buy a round of drinks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Einheitswelt's national animal is the none, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Einheitswelt is ranked 219,083^rd in the world and 11^th in The Southern Lands for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 54.42 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.