The Disputed Territories of Emergency puppet 73 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.739 billion Emergency puppet 73ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Emergency puppet 73ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,285 trillion Platinums a year, is fairly diversified and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,972 Platinums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 403,147 per year while the poor average 33,485, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war, a video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, the hit new medical TV show "Home" prominently features the brand of painkiller the lead doctor is addicted to, and sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Emergency puppet 73's national animal is the Zebra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Emergency puppet 73 is ranked 34,935^th in the world and 69^th in Emergency Puppet for Lowest Crime Rates, with 80.01 law-abiding acts per hour.