The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 27 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, aversion to nipples, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.765 billion Second Best Puppet 27ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 27ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,172 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 173,351 cards, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

Most towns have their Noah High School located on Noah Street, exports of live cows arrive pre-roasted, attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, and the national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings. 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 27's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 27 is ranked 8,800^th in the world and 78^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 103.48 law-abiding acts per hour.