The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 12 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.826 billion Second Best Puppet 12ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 89.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 12ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,083 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 158,681 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Water fights now end with thousands dead, the government is lending a hand to private industry, psychological disorders are a taboo subject, and citizens who refuse to vote are guillotined. 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 12's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 12 is ranked 121,761^st in the world and 2,479^th in Two for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,630.75 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.