The Republic of A card puppet is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 11.392 billion card puppetians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 21.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped card puppetian economy, worth 296 trillion cards a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,952 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, a major religion has been named as A card puppet's national religion, A card puppet has designated A card puppet City as its capital city, and Leader has just been declared ruler of A card puppet in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. A card puppet's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A card puppet is ranked 215,156^th in the world and 4,098^th in The catholic military orders for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -5 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.