Question: I am the luckiest lady around!  

I am the most constricted of all.

I am the richest lady on earth!  

Yet I own nothing at all.

The world bends to my will!  

Yet I possess no power.

Every girl wishes to be in my place!  

But I chose not to come and only leave at death.

Who am I?

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> [The Happy Prisoner](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/28595) 
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> The title is a pun, but I doubt anyone will catch it.
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Answer: 
You're: 

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>  Lady Luck. 
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I am the luckiest lady around!

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>  Self explanatory. 
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I am the most constricted of all.

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>  You're completely **constricted** by the laws of probably. 
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I am the richest lady on earth!

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>  All riches come from some sort of luck. Even if you're born into it, your birth alone had some luck involved. 
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Yet I own nothing at all.

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>  Luck has no possessions. 
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The world bends to my will!

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>  Everything, right down to quantum mechanics has some factor (however large or small) of probability/luck involved. Even the earth's orbit has a slight wobble to it's **bend** around the sun do to probability.
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Yet I possess no power.

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>  But luck itself doesn't have any power. It disperses energy in a random manner. 
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Every girl wishes to be in my place!

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>  All girls (and boys) want to be the lucky one. 
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But I chose not to come and only leave at death.

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>  Luck doesn't **chose** to do anything and when you're dead "your *luck* is up". 
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Pun:

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>  The title and hint refer to this being a story (**tale**) of Lady Luck and the luck of heads or **tail**s in a coin toss. You might not **catch it** (the coin, riddle or pun) if you're *unlucky*. 
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It better not be

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>  Chell (from the Portal series).
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I am the luckiest lady around!
I am the most constricted of all.

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>  Only person around. 
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I am the richest lady on earth!
Yet I own nothing at all.

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>  Again, only person around. Unlike most video game characters, has zero inventory space.
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The world bends to my will!
Yet I possess no power.

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> She has no poowers, but bends the world with her portal gun. 
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Every girl wishes to be in my place!
But I chose not to come and only leave at death.

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> She chose not to come to the party with cake, she is in the facility against her will, and only leaves when either she or the boss dies. 
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A Tail of One Lady 

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> She has a ponytail.  
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> Also, didn't she get mocked for being born with a tail? I can't remember.
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