The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 30 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.097 billion Second Best Puppet 30ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 30ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,661 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 205,254 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 718,927 per year while the poor average 42,548, a ratio of 16.9 to 1.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, casino tax breaks are even bigger than their jackpots, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and political dissidents are cut off from essential services. 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 30's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 30 is ranked 10,197^th in the world and 9^th in Two for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 10,781.54 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.