The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 199 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, complete lack of prisons, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.329 billion Second Best Puppet 199ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 199ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,821 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 218,718 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 742,754 per year while the poor average 47,515, a ratio of 15.6 to 1.
Doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, the national defense strategy is a little floppy, soldiers are "encouraged" to advance by armed officers behind them, and legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. 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 199's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Second Best Puppet 199 is ranked 11,355th in the world and 1,079th in Two for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 90.32 Effective Tax Rate.
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Second Best Puppet 199, legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on.
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Second Best Puppet 199, soldiers are "encouraged" to advance by armed officers behind them.
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Second Best Puppet 199, the national defense strategy is a little floppy.
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Second Best Puppet 199, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality.
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Second Best Puppet 199, the new coalition government is so large nobody knows where it begins.
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Second Best Puppet 199, the moral worth of national allies is judged by their GDP.
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Second Best Puppet 199, new regulations have put a halt to monkey business.
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Second Best Puppet 199, even secular Second Best Puppet 199ians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!".
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Second Best Puppet 199, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed.
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Second Best Puppet 199, the treehouse in Legendary Park is the tallest building in Second Best Puppet 199.