The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 42 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.071 billion Second Best Puppet 42ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 92.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 42ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,500 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 185,968 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, the nation is noticeably more cheerful on Tuesdays, polite commuters on the Second Best Puppet 42 City Metro always let hurried workers off the train first, and overweight people receive reparations checks from fast-food chains. 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 42's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 42 is ranked 12,295^th in the world and 1,768^th in Two for Nudest, with 955.25 cheeks per square mile.