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The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and International Aid. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Legendary City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Card Collector economy, worth a remarkable 2,680 trillion Cards a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 312,328 Cards, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,846,530 per year while the poor average 3,835, a ratio of 742 to 1.

The nation's endangered species are no longer endangered, the book "Zen and the Art of Dog Maintenance" is inexplicably a worldwide success, the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months, and private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. SecoNd beSt card colleCtor's national animal is the Legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Second Bestness.

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