The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 143 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, free-roaming dinosaurs, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.965 billion Second Best Puppet 143ians 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 Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 143ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,612 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 202,398 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera", if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Second Best Puppet 143ian satellites can detect it, and most believe 'tis better to give than to receive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 143's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 143 is ranked 135,714^th in the world and 1,380^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,255.33 on the Hickory Productivity Index.