The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 203 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.585 billion Second Best Puppet 203ians 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 203ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,015 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 154,194 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The treehouse in Legendary Park is the tallest building in Second Best Puppet 203, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, the government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, and party-lovers often change religions just for the weekend. 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 203's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 203 is ranked 8,120^th in the world and 45^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 105.21 law-abiding acts per hour.