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

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Puppet 20

Population6.66 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 20 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.66 billion Second Best Puppet 20ians 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 91.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 20ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,119 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 168,036 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

The roar of the Niagara 3000 mega-loo can be heard several blocks away, government agents are triangulating the position of the rainbow's end for the purposes of gold acquisition, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, and Second Best Puppet 20ian TV is considered cruel and unusual punishment in other countries. 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 20's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 20 is ranked 102,998th in the world and 1,624th in Two for Most Stationary, with 414.017443362 days.

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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,265thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,789thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,886thTop
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Most Devout: 3,178thLargest Mining Sector: 4,293rdMost Efficient Economies: 4,593rdLargest Retail Industry: 5,132ndLargest Agricultural Sector: 5,160thFattest Citizens: 5,743rdRudest Citizens: 5,980thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6,267thHighest Average Tax Rates: 9,086thMost Corrupt Governments: 9,756thLargest Governments: 10,695thLowest Crime Rates: 11,305thNudest: 11,618thMost Advanced Public Education: 11,918thLargest Black Market: 12,300thLargest Welfare Programs: 14,132ndTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,897thHighest Average Incomes: 16,533rdMost Cultured: 18,498thMost Developed: 19,779thLargest Publishing Industry: 21,899thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 22,168thHighest Economic Output: 26,021stSmartest Citizens: 27,534th
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Most Efficient Economies: 20th in the regionTop
5%
Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 70th in the regionLargest Mining Sector: 71st in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 72nd in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 83rd in the regionRudest Citizens: 89th in the regionMost Pro-Market: 96th in the regionLargest Populations: 107th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 120th in the regionTop
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Largest Agricultural Sector: 137th in the regionMost Developed: 143rd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 155th in the regionLargest Governments: 168th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 178th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 180th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 185th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 188th in the regionMost Devout: 206th in the regionMost Corrupt Governments: 262nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, Second Best Puppet 20ian TV is considered cruel and unusual punishment in other countries.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, autopsies often involve only cursory examination.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, government agents are triangulating the position of the rainbow's end for the purposes of gold acquisition.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, the roar of the Niagara 3000 mega-loo can be heard several blocks away.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, the carcasses of double-deckers can be found littering high streets all around the country.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, motorbike jousters live young and die fast.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, the government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, concussed legendaryball players cannot remember their lineup position.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, the weather in Second Best Puppet 20 City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings'.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 20, grim instructresses lead the unwillingly impregnated in chants of "it's all my fault" and "blessed be the fruit".

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