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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,167thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,842ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,887th
The Second Best Colony of
Moralistic Democracy Ordinary Decent Hardworking People
2
Noah
Influence
Shoeshiner
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Frightening
Political Freedom
Some

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Second Best Puppet 220

Population6.443 billion

LeaderNoah

Currencycard
Animallegendary

The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 220 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its closed borders, aversion to nipples, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.443 billion Second Best Puppet 220ians 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 220ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,077 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 167,167 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, and lavish state dinners in Second Best Puppet 220 City are the state's leading budgetary expenditure. 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 220's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 220 is ranked 102,809th in the world and 1,423rd in Two for Most Stationary, with 414.0253947458 days.

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Most Politically Apathetic Citizens: 1,167thMost Subsidized Industry: 1,842ndMost Advanced Law Enforcement: 1,887thTop
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Largest Retail Industry: 3,794thLargest Agricultural Sector: 4,601stMost Efficient Economies: 5,168thHighest Average Tax Rates: 8,758thLargest Black Market: 9,435thLargest Governments: 9,993rdMost Advanced Public Education: 10,048thMost Corrupt Governments: 10,238thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 11,058thNudest: 11,176thLargest Mining Sector: 11,623rdLargest Soda Pop Sector: 11,832ndTop
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Most Extensive Public Healthcare: 15,160thHighest Average Incomes: 16,766thMost Developed: 17,764thMost Cultured: 17,932ndLowest Crime Rates: 18,379thHighest Poor Incomes: 20,523rdMost Secular: 20,656thMost Advanced Public Transport: 20,846thLargest Welfare Programs: 23,063rdMost Advanced Defense Forces: 23,707thHighest Economic Output: 27,370thLargest Timber Woodchipping Industry: 28,403rd
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Most Secular: 2nd in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 14th in the regionMost Politically Apathetic Citizens: 23rd in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 24th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Law Enforcement: 30th in the regionMost Developed: 61st in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 69th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 85th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 88th in the regionLargest Governments: 97th in the regionLargest Agricultural Sector: 101st in the regionLargest Soda Pop Sector: 112th in the regionLongest Average Lifespans: 116th in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 117th in the regionTop
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Most Advanced Defense Forces: 203rd in the regionHighest Economic Output: 235th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, lavish state dinners in Second Best Puppet 220 City are the state's leading budgetary expenditure.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, most pop videos prominently feature the Second Best Puppet 220ian flag.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, Second Best Puppet 220ian soldiers know how to create single mothers in more ways than one.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, economists confusingly list "fusarium rot and leaf blight" as major risk factors for monetary deflation.
  • : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 220, government officials go door-to-door educating about the dangers of pseudoscience.

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