The Republic of Puppet-000 is a mid-sized, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 50 million Puppets 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Puppet economy, worth 2.34 trillion 000s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 46,746 000s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Having only one wallet stolen in a day is considered a cause for celebration, girls in elementary school classes gaze longingly at boys playing tag, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, and P0-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet-000's national animal is the Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Puppet-000 is ranked 312,520^th in the world and 1,995^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 50.0 million capita.