A lot of other European countries depended on Russian gas. Some even more than Germany. That’s not the main reason for the slow recovery from COVID and the energy crisis. Germany let a lot of it’s infrastructure rot and is now facing the consequences. Additionally there are ideological debt restrictions in place, hindering the government to start a stimulus program, while a lot of other countries are doing exactly that.

Most stuff on Steam runs very well these days. Anti-Cheat and DRM are the main reasons stuff doesn’t run.

Not in legal trouble but the airline might decide not to sell tickets to you in the future.

Long stints in jail are expensive.

Maybe they want to force them to admit that the laptop was a hoax.

Balancing is the job of the GM.

And some systems make that job easier for the GM than other systems. Winning all the time without challenge is boring. Getting TPKd every other session does not feel good. A good GM should hit somewhere in-between. So you either have a system that helps you do that or you really need to have a lot of experience.