The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 04 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.448 billion Second Best Puppet 04ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 04ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,746 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 206,689 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 604,703 per year while the poor average 55,757, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.
The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language, "Noah got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, and hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success. 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 04's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Second Best Puppet 04 is ranked 340,728th in the world and 2,443rd in Two for Nicest Citizens, with 0.21 average smiles per day.
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Second Best Puppet 04, hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success.
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Second Best Puppet 04, "Noah got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom.
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Second Best Puppet 04, it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language.
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Second Best Puppet 04, the hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape.
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Second Best Puppet 04, withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats.
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Second Best Puppet 04 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Economic Output.
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Second Best Puppet 04, breast milk is being redistributed from each according to their ability to each according to their need.
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Second Best Puppet 04, the weather in Second Best Puppet 04 City is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings'.
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Second Best Puppet 04, rag-wearing teachers are often mistaken for homeless people.
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Second Best Puppet 04, foreign leaders never seem to want to shake hands with Noah.