The Republic of Puppetstan54 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, pith helmet sales, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.897 billion Puppetstan54ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Education and Spirituality aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 78.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Puppetstan54ian economy, worth 349 trillion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 120,668 baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Nerdy teenagers have to prove that they're made of the same stuff as their grandparents, the legalization of meat has skewered the sales of vegetarian substitutes, there's no such thing as a safe bet, and fake beard sales are on the rise amongst female commuters. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Puppetstan54's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Puppetstan54 is ranked 277,305^th in the world and 36^th in Puppetstan for Safest, scoring 6.04 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.