Population | 8.112 billion |
Leader | Noah |
Currency | card |
Animal | legendary |
The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 66 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.112 billion Second Best Puppet 66ians 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 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 66ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,443 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 177,935 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.
When you fly on Air Second Best Puppet 66 you win a seat or you die, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, repurposed warships fire swag at company promotional events, and weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies. 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 66's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Second Best Puppet 66 is ranked 107,342nd in the world and 1,094th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 3,014.62 on the Hickory Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Second Best Puppet 66 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, repurposed warships fire swag at company promotional events.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, when you fly on Air Second Best Puppet 66 you win a seat or you die.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, frequent broken zippers have resulted in safety pins making a fashion comeback.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, new regulations have put a halt to monkey business.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 66, government bureaucrats review designs for birdhouses to ensure they do not block the views of neighbors.