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Civil Rights:
Rare
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Few

Regional Influence: Shoeshiner

Location: Two

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Second Best Puppet 98

Population6.555 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 98 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.555 billion Second Best Puppet 98ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 98ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,134 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 173,131 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner, and it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise. 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 98's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 98 is ranked 102,933rd in the world and 1,547th in Two for Most Stationary, with 414.01950586068 days.

Top
1%
Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 2,253rdMost Subsidized Industry: 2,426thMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 2,807thTop
5%
Most Devout: 3,216thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 3,509thLargest Agricultural Sector: 4,154thLargest Retail Industry: 4,361stFattest Citizens: 5,027thMost Efficient Economies: 5,492ndLargest Black Market: 8,154thLargest Mining Sector: 8,513thNudest: 8,884thRudest Citizens: 9,830thMost Corrupt Governments: 10,017thLargest Governments: 13,541stHighest Poor Incomes: 14,625thTop
10%
Highest Average Incomes: 15,224thHighest Average Tax Rates: 15,585thMost Cultured: 16,485thLargest Automobile Manufacturing Sector: 16,700thLowest Crime Rates: 18,378thLargest Publishing Industry: 21,674thHighest Economic Output: 25,543rdMost Advanced Public Education: 26,336thMost Valuable International Artwork: 26,494th
Top
5%
Largest Agricultural Sector: 79th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 94th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 120th in the regionTop
10%
Most Avoided: 141st in the regionHighest Economic Output: 152nd in the regionMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 156th in the regionLargest Black Market: 172nd in the regionLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 211th in the regionMost Devout: 218th in the regionLargest Populations: 226th in the regionMost Valuable International Artwork: 244th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 250th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Second Best Puppet 98 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, children are raised bilingual from an early age.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 98, a bureaucratic fight over SBP9IA cafeteria food expenditures has caused the temporary suspension of all agency counterintelligence operations.
  • : Second Best Puppet 98 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Advanced Defense Forces.

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