The Kingdom of Puppet State 342 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 4.268 billion Puppet State 342ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The strong Puppet State 342ian economy, worth 242 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 56,901 guilders, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 322,056 per year while the poor average 4,925, a ratio of 65.4 to 1.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, the government is rumored to hire body doubles whose full-time jobs are to cry at public events, surveillance cameras are banned, and citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing. Crime is a serious problem. Puppet State 342's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Puppet State 342 is ranked 198,647^th in the world and 45^th in Silly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,961.17 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.