The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 189 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its closed borders, museums and concert halls, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.144 billion Second Best Puppet 189ians 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 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 189ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,402 trillion cards a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 172,168 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, Noah's support among single young men has drooped slightly, and planespotters are emigrating in droves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 189's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Second Best Puppet 189 is ranked 102,298^th in the world and 777^th in Two for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,927.37 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.