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The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Pack Storage 33ian economy, worth 966 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 149,894 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Sex education has become an intricate maze of stick figures and complex metaphors, lottery winners spend most of their money on security, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, and hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Pack Storage 33's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

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