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The Empire of New Sel Panamby is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Kurt with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 6.64 billion New Sel Panambyians 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Panamby city. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New Sel Panambyian economy, worth 676 trillion Panams 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 101,822 Panams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes, mountain rescuers refer to their new gear as the 'watchamacallits' and 'thingymabobs', people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Sel Panamby's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The only god is the Leader.

New Sel Panamby is ranked 15,634^th in the world and 1,208^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 9,167.27 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.