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The Jingoistic States of Card puppet 15 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, avant-garde cinema, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.954 billion Card puppet 15ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 46.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Card puppet 15ian economy, worth 917 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 185,296 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, the nation proudly hosts OstraCon to decide who gets free vacations to the Brancaland tundra, ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, and military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card puppet 15's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Card puppet 15 is ranked 36,306^th in the world and 90^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Developed, scoring 80.69 on the Human Development Index.