abstract
| - The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy. The strong AustrianPrussian economy, worth 15.5 trillion Hapsburgs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 68,437 Hapsburgs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest. Mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, Maxtopians are both starving and giddy after the AustrianPrussian military unleashed its biological weapons, self-driving cars obey the road rules even during emergencies, and children are expected to carve their own toys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AustrianPrussia's national animal is the German Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
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