The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 68 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, zero percent divorce rate, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.902 billion Second Best Puppet 68ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 93.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 68ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,108 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 160,645 cards, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

No one knows how to tie a reef knot, government-funded marriage counseling is showing very limited success, crackheads chase drug-loaded drones in hopes of a lucky drop, and the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet. 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 68's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 68 is ranked 77,452^nd in the world and 60^th in Two for Largest Populations, with 6.90 billion capita.