> The fact that this absurd situation exists is a huge proof that the bureaucracy has gotten out of hand and that Germany is unfriendly to starting new businesses.

While this is somewhat true, this is not an indication. You can start a business tomorrow for a fee of 30€. Even a normal UG is somewhat quick to set up and less expensive. Just because you insist on some non standardized company setup is not a good indication for an economy

Sounds like a great opportunity to build a markplace of these entities, where sellers can sell them to buyers and the marketplace automates as much of the paperwork as possible.

There's weirder things in existence like SPAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special-purpose_acquisition_co...

Well, German bureaucracy is out of hand but selling freshly founded (or sometimes deliberately aged) companies to speed up and ease the founding process is neither absurd nor uncommon. I think the business of selling shelf companies exists to some degree everywhere.

I makes a lot of sense too. This is a one-time fee for something you gain nothing from and you learn nothing useful from.