by Max Barry

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Category: Moralistic Democracy
Civil Rights:
Unheard Of
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Some

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Puppet 111

Population6.65 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 111 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.65 billion Second Best Puppet 111ians 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. The average income tax rate is 90.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 111ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,134 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 170,567 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives, all you have to do is pray to get into Second Best Puppet 111, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, and the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Second Best Puppet 111ians make research institutes rich. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 111's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 111 is ranked 8,334th in the world and 58th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 104.64 law-abiding acts per hour.

Top
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,347thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,751stTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 3,337thMost Efficient Economies: 5,217thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 5,309thRudest Citizens: 7,975thLowest Crime Rates: 8,334thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,107thHighest Average Tax Rates: 10,169thLargest Governments: 10,300thNudest: 10,312thLargest Mining Sector: 12,381stLargest Welfare Programs: 13,718thLargest Agricultural Sector: 14,544thTop
10%
Most Devout: 16,367thMost Cultured: 16,999thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 18,793rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 19,670thMost Conservative: 22,860thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 23,489thLargest Publishing Industry: 23,594thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 27,409thMost Advanced Public Transport: 28,758th
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5%
Lowest Crime Rates: 58th in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 79th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 87th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 102nd in the regionTop
10%
Largest Governments: 133rd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 145th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 175th in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 192nd in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 195th in the regionMost Conservative: 223rd in the regionLargest Populations: 230th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Second Best Puppet 111ians make research institutes rich.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, all you have to do is pray to get into Second Best Puppet 111.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, charities reserve the right to not help those who go against religious teachings.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, children dream of becoming physicians and physicists.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 111, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner.

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