The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 52 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, unlimited-speed roads, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.101 billion Second Best Puppet 52ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 52ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,813 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 223,860 cards, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Farting etiquette is taught in schools, boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register, the teaching of evolution has been banned, and the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed. 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 52's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 52 is ranked 104,545^th in the world and 257^th in Two for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,954.33 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.