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The Republic of Card Puppet 3

“Buy the Fear. Sell the Greed.”

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: 10000 Islands

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Card Puppet 3

Population7.269 billion

Currencybells
Animalracoon

The Republic of Card Puppet 3 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its flagrant waste-dumping, strictly enforced bedtime, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.269 billion Card Puppet 3ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government is primarily concerned with Administration, although Industry and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Card Puppet 3ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,323 trillion bells a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 182,054 bells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Most foreigners can't name the leader of Card Puppet 3, many are questioning Leader wearing an Eckie-Ecola baseball cap during a keynote speech, there's a bustling black market for vegetables, and a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Card Puppet 3ian as 'your finger, you fool'. Crime is all-pervasive, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Card Puppet 3's national animal is the racoon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Card Puppet 3 is ranked 293,684th in the world and 833rd in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.25 law-abiding acts per hour.

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1%
Most Ignorant Citizens: 171stMost Corrupt Governments: 296thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 697thMost Subsidized Industry: 849thLargest Retail Industry: 1,162ndMost Armed: 1,703rdFattest Citizens: 1,752ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 1,820thHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 2,046thLargest Mining Sector: 2,048thTop
5%
Rudest Citizens: 4,008thMost Efficient Economies: 5,251stLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 5,411thMost Advanced Public Transport: 7,525thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,051stNudest: 13,591stMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 13,718thTop
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Most Secular: 15,406thLargest Welfare Programs: 16,563rdLargest Governments: 20,060thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 21,924th
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1%
Most Corrupt Governments: 3rd in the regionMost Ignorant Citizens: 6th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 8th in the regionTop
5%
Most Subsidized Industry: 10th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 19th in the regionMost Armed: 20th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 20th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 21st in the regionFattest Citizens: 25th in the regionNudest: 31st in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 34th in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 40th in the regionTop
10%
Rudest Citizens: 57th in the regionMost Conservative: 74th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Card Puppet 3 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Patriotic.
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Card Puppet 3ian as 'your finger, you fool'.
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, there's a bustling black market for vegetables.
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, many are questioning Leader wearing an Eckie-Ecola baseball cap during a keynote speech.
  • : Card Puppet 3 was reclassified from "Psychotic Dictatorship" to "Authoritarian Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, most foreigners can't name the leader of Card Puppet 3.
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?".
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead".
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, the police are reluctantly destroying millions of DNA records.
  • : Following new legislation in Card Puppet 3, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor.

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