The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 116 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.253 billion Second Best Puppet 116ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Second Best Puppet 116ian economy, worth 103 trillion cards a year, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 82,591 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Only "purebloods" are allowed in the nicer parts of town, the government raises tariffs on a weekly basis, euthanasia is illegal, and breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace. 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 116's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 116 is ranked 51,911^th in the world and 116^th in Second Best Card Farm for Most Influential, scoring 445 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.