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> I'm not a writer, after all.

My writing experience before this chan consisted of one incomplete fanfic and dozens of scraps that never went anywhere. So, I'm no expert either. 

I love that abstract Lyra. Do you know the artist?

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> People do that yes. Still not sure how big a 'rocket' we're talking, though.

I wouldn't know exact sizes sense I don't often buy fireworks, but do you have rockets that can fire into the sky? Interesting...

> Nah, it was brought up in one paragraph as an explanatory example.

That'd make way more since. 

> So what then, they're direct subordinates of the state/federal gov. or something?

Yes and no. County governments are how states are usually divided, but the level of services they provide are often minimal and can be pushed aside by larger town governments. Especially when there is, say less than a hundred people for an entire county which has happened in a couple of places. 

> they never span across province or state boundaries. Crazy stuff indeed.

Depending on what you mean, it maybe not quite as crazy, as they don't cross state boundaries but they can cross within a state subdivisions. Counties still often have tax allocated to them among a county level and it can be drive bureaucracy batty at times when coordinating with a town that has territory in 5 different counties. 
 
> 66 of them exactly, if you want to play guess the country

 well, I may, but my I was pretty bad at last time and I'm not sure you'd be the type that wants to play 20 questions over what maybe considered a personal detail. 
 but I will make a guess based on my suspicion as I have a couple of places that come to mind 
 Japan