The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 01 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.41 billion Second Best Puppet 01ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 01ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,569 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,581 cards, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls, vacationing Second Best Puppet 01ians expect to be treated as royalty, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and casino tax breaks are even bigger than their jackpots. 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 01's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 01 is ranked 71,545^th in the world and 102^nd in Two for Largest Populations, with 8.41 billion capita.