by Max Barry

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Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Civil Rights:
Below Average
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Puppet 42

Population6.612 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 42 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.612 billion Second Best Puppet 42ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 42ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,148 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 173,731 cards, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, Second Best Puppet 42ian TV is considered cruel and unusual punishment in other countries, sweet-toothed Second Best Puppet 42ians have been left penniless by the VAT on candy, and an underground group of geologists hides new discoveries to protect them from being destroyed in the name of safety. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 42's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 42 is ranked 102,977th in the world and 1,603rd in Two for Most Stationary, with 414.0176864174 days.

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Most Devout: 2,446thTop
5%
Most Subsidized Industry: 3,841stMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 4,055thFattest Citizens: 4,058thMost Efficient Economies: 4,720thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 5,365thLargest Retail Industry: 5,826thLargest Publishing Industry: 6,010thMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 6,253rdLargest Mining Sector: 7,221stNudest: 9,028thLargest Governments: 10,290thLowest Crime Rates: 11,285thMost Cultured: 11,549thHighest Average Tax Rates: 11,736thHighest Wealthy Incomes: 13,775thMost Corrupt Governments: 14,336thLargest Black Market: 14,394thTop
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Highest Average Incomes: 15,083rdMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 16,549thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 19,668thMost Patriotic: 20,498thMost Advanced Public Education: 24,414thHighest Economic Output: 25,090thMost Developed: 26,254thSmartest Citizens: 27,183rdMost Scientifically Advanced: 28,263rdLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 28,488th
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Largest Publishing Industry: 14th in the regionTop
5%
Most Efficient Economies: 28th in the regionMost Devout: 65th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 81st in the regionLargest Cheese Export Sector: 94th in the regionSmartest Citizens: 109th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 121st in the regionMost Patriotic: 124th in the regionLargest Governments: 126th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 129th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 131st in the regionTop
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Fattest Citizens: 159th in the regionMost Average: 205th in the regionLargest Populations: 209th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 210th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 238th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, an underground group of geologists hides new discoveries to protect them from being destroyed in the name of safety.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, sweet-toothed Second Best Puppet 42ians have been left penniless by the VAT on candy.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, Second Best Puppet 42ian TV is considered cruel and unusual punishment in other countries.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, religious bigotry and a fear of outsiders have replaced religious studies in schools.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, posh kids don't look down on the poor any more.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, artists are pillars of society.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies.
  • : Second Best Puppet 42 was reclassified from "Father Knows Best State" to "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 42, the military has declared war on all religious influence.

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