The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 144 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.244 billion Second Best Puppet 144ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 144ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,662 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 201,619 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government struggles to keep up with the endless list of petrol disasters, children in school learn that marriage and slavery go hand in hand, sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. 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 144's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Second Best Puppet 144 is ranked 288,068^th in the world and 2,238^th in Two for Most Pacifist, with 9.43 cheeks turned per day.