The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 108 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 8.285 billion Second Best Puppet 108ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 108ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,675 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 202,227 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 713,305 per year while the poor average 41,473, a ratio of 17.2 to 1.

Children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist, everyone suspects that everyone else is a terrorist, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 108's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Second Best Puppet 108 is ranked 72,653^rd in the world and 235^th in Two for Largest Populations, with 8.29 billion capita.