The Borderlands of Puppeit is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 14 million Puppeitians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Puppeitian economy, worth 131 billion Puppetiers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 9,372 Puppetiers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, military spending is on the increase, and students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppeit's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Puppeit is ranked 150,236^th in the world and 11^th in UCAZ The CCCCCCCCCCC Autonomous Zone for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 402.26 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.