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The Republic of Scheimmar is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 509 million Scheimmarians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bratwurst. The average income tax rate is 32.6%.

The Scheimmarian economy, worth 26.3 trillion New Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 51,644 New Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Annual tax returns take at least two years to complete, a third of Scheimmarians are e-certified CEOs, loudmouthed journalists are given the chop, and postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scheimmar's national animal is the Vulture, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Scheimmar is ranked 56,220^th in the world and 223^rd in Europeia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,681.67 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.