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The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 16

“I have too many puppets”

Category: Moralistic Democracy
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Good

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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NSC Puppet 16

Population5.97 billion

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 16 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, zero percent divorce rate, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.97 billion NSC Puppet 16ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.8%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 16ian economy, worth 941 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 157,761 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 453,620 per year while the poor average 43,604, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, the government's policy is 'all pain, no grain', citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals, and gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 16's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 16 is ranked 103,231st in the world and 1,848th in Two for Most Stationary, with 413.97670033252 days.

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5%
Most Subsidized Industry: 3,092ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,208thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 3,381stMost Devout: 4,463rdMost Efficient Economies: 4,598thRudest Citizens: 5,900thNudest: 6,195thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 6,585thHighest Average Tax Rates: 7,031stLargest Retail Industry: 8,062ndLargest Governments: 8,222ndLowest Crime Rates: 8,700thFattest Citizens: 10,389thMost Corrupt Governments: 10,504thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 10,874thLargest Welfare Programs: 11,542ndMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 12,497thTop
10%
Most Advanced Public Education: 16,595thMost Advanced Public Transport: 17,888thHighest Average Incomes: 19,513thMost Patriotic: 20,766thLargest Black Market: 21,718thMost Developed: 22,971stLargest Publishing Industry: 24,114thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 24,902ndMost Cultured: 27,802nd
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Largest Governments: 12th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 20th in the regionTop
5%
Most Efficient Economies: 27th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 29th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 71st in the regionRudest Citizens: 83rd in the regionLargest Trout Fishing Sector: 123rd in the regionTop
10%
Most Patriotic: 134th in the regionMost Politically Free: 158th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 189th in the regionMost Primitive: 189th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 214th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 229th in the regionHighest Wealthy Incomes: 232nd in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 233rd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, the government's policy is 'all pain, no grain'.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, the NSC Puppet 16 City XV Regiment (aka "The Goat Starers") have yet to win a battle.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, minefields are being deployed along the border to discourage potential emigrants from trying to leave.
  • : Following new legislation in NSC Puppet 16, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence.

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