The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 50 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.914 billion Second Best Puppet 50ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 50ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,184 trillion cards a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 171,300 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Ratings for sitcom reruns are often much higher than election debates, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, and the practice of capital punishment proves divisive. 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 50's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 50 is ranked 279,031^st in the world and 2,370^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.33 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.