The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 164 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, prohibition of alcohol, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.68 billion Second Best Puppet 164ians 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. The average income tax rate is 89.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 164ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,188 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 177,911 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor, graffiti graces every city's streets, first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one, and children are often punished for the sins of the fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 164's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 164 is ranked 80,546^th in the world and 352^nd in Two for Largest Populations, with 6.68 billion capita.