
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In the government of a country of knights and liars, there are 12 ministers. Some of them are liars, and the rest are knights. During a government meeting, the following opinions were expressed: the first minister said, "There is not a single honest person here," the second, "There is no more than one honest person here," the third, "There is no more than two honest people here," and so on up to the twelfth, who said, "There is no more than eleven honest people here." How many liars are in the government of the country?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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