Population | 6.745 billion |
Leader | Noah |
Currency | card |
Animal | legendary |
The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 119 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, aversion to nipples, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.745 billion Second Best Puppet 119ians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 92.7%.
The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 119ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,088 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 161,429 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.
Euthanasia is illegal, aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license, the hip spot of the season is just over that way, and what goes down must come up. 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 119's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Second Best Puppet 119 is ranked 278,993rd in the world and 2,336th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.63 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, what goes down must come up.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, the hip spot of the season is just over that way.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, aspiring pilots must be personally vetted by the Minister of Transportation before receiving their license.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, euthanasia is illegal.
- : Second Best Puppet 119 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, the Top 5% for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, and the Top 10% for Most Valuable International Artwork.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, autopsies often involve only cursory examination.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, new cases of Asbestosis are cropping up as quickly as hospitals can deal with them.
- : Following new legislation in Second Best Puppet 119, anti-tourism militias patrol the borders.
- : Second Best Puppet 119 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Patriotic, Largest Black Market, and Most Advanced Public Education and the Top 10% for Most Developed and Highest Average Incomes.