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Category: Iron Fist Consumerists
Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Pack Storage 53

Population6.228 billion

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Animallegendary

The Incorporated States of Second Best Pack Storage 53 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.228 billion Second Best Pack Storage 53ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Pack Storage 53ian economy, worth 960 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 154,299 cards, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive, tightly packed choir-boys sing the god-given joys of heterosexuality on public transport, and children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Pack Storage 53's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Second Best Pack Storage 53 is ranked 103,419th in the world and 2,033rd in Two for Most Stationary, with 413.97190866892 days.

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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,690thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,102ndMost Devout: 2,468thTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 3,004thMost Efficient Economies: 6,588thLargest Retail Industry: 6,608thLargest Welfare Programs: 7,168thHighest Average Tax Rates: 7,766thFattest Citizens: 8,327thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,182ndNudest: 9,411thLargest Black Market: 9,782ndLowest Crime Rates: 10,032ndLargest Governments: 10,742ndMost Advanced Public Education: 12,704thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 14,073rdTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 16,122ndHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 18,049thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 18,472ndHighest Average Incomes: 20,680thMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 21,151stMost Advanced Public Transport: 29,017th
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 41st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 46th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 49th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 49th in the regionMost Devout: 70th in the regionLargest Gambling Industry: 113th in the regionTop
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Most Eco-Friendly Governments: 134th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 145th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 158th in the regionLargest Governments: 174th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 189th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 193rd in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 247th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, tightly packed choir-boys sing the god-given joys of heterosexuality on public transport.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive.
  • : Second Best Pack Storage 53 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, electricians spend more time in school than doctors.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, one-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Pack Storage 53, it is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon.

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