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The Inner Colony of Neu Schwerin is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Governor Gilbert W von Luederitz with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.944 billion Imperials are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, 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 Neu Schwerin Prime. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Prussian economy, worth a remarkable 2,991 trillion Preußemarks a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 273,331 Preußemarks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,216,356 per year while the poor average 38,227, a ratio of 31.8 to 1.

Chess players with pacemakers and cochlear implants are treated with suspicion, the police double as repo men, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neu Schwerin's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Order of The Black Eagle.

Neu Schwerin is ranked 79,184^th in the world and 2^nd in Deeds of Men for Highest Poor Incomes, with 38,227.16 Standard Monetary Units.