by Max Barry

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

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Puppet 60

Population6.763 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 60 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, fear of technology, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.763 billion Second Best Puppet 60ians 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 90.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 60ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,205 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 178,321 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 634,557 per year while the poor average 36,078, a ratio of 17.6 to 1.

Creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes, works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures, and Second Best Puppet 60ian companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation. 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 60's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 60 is ranked 10,147th in the world and 173rd in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.8 law-abiding acts per hour.

Top
1%
Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,269thLargest Insurance Industry: 1,369thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,988thMost Subsidized Industry: 2,609thTop
5%
Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 4,213thMost Efficient Economies: 5,731stLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 6,117thLargest Welfare Programs: 6,614thMost Corrupt Governments: 7,131stFattest Citizens: 7,507thLargest Retail Industry: 8,063rdRudest Citizens: 8,333rdMost Devout: 8,895thNudest: 9,488thLowest Crime Rates: 10,147thHighest Average Tax Rates: 10,957thLargest Mining Sector: 11,207thLargest Governments: 11,429thMost Cultured: 13,761stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 14,360thTop
10%
Highest Unexpected Death Rate: 19,924thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 20,166thMost Advanced Defense Forces: 20,428thLargest Agricultural Sector: 21,342ndMost Advanced Public Transport: 24,127th
Top
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Most Corrupt Governments: 25th in the regionTop
5%
Largest Insurance Industry: 30th in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 32nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 34th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 37th in the regionGreatest Rich-Poor Divides: 40th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 55th in the regionLargest Populations: 112th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 119th in the regionMost Advanced Defense Forces: 129th in the regionTop
10%
Largest Trout Fishing Sector: 134th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 160th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 173rd in the regionLargest Governments: 251st in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, Second Best Puppet 60ian companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of legendaries and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, the nation is in perpetual campaign mode.
  • : Second Best Puppet 60 was reclassified from "Iron Fist Consumerists" to "Moralistic Democracy".
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, long queues are apparently signs of a well-run airport.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 60, visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub.

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