Population | 6.636 billion |
Leader | Noah |
Currency | card |
Animal | legendary |
The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 12 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.636 billion Second Best Puppet 12ians 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 Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 12ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,027 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 154,791 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.
You don't need a smoking gun to arrest someone for promoting guns, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license, and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. 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 12's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Second Best Puppet 12 is ranked 103,018th in the world and 1,631st in Two for Most Stationary, with 414.0173391954 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Second Best Puppet 12 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Longest Average Lifespans.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, you don't need a smoking gun to arrest someone for promoting guns.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, the hip spot of the season is just over that way.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, running a hot dog stand is harder than achieving a doctorate.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, Tesco was recently named as the new national treasurer.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 12, cheap goods stamped "Made In Dàguó" are increasingly rare.