The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 101 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.64 billion Second Best Puppet 101ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 101ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,072 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 161,498 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 544,751 per year while the poor average 35,442, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

Savvy nightclub-goers know that structurally unsound venues sell the cheapest drinks, teddy bears and pajamas have replaced briefcases and suits in Second Best Puppet 101's offices, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, and the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 101's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 101 is ranked 11,166^th in the world and 253^rd in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 99.04 law-abiding acts per hour.