The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 55 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, rum-swilling pirates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.093 billion Second Best Puppet 55ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 55ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,651 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 204,020 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

The Farmer's Almanac is the most popular college textbook, the atmosphere in Second Best Puppet 55ian boardrooms is turning more gay, chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, and confusing advertising has left citizens unsure if cults will either welcome them or try to kill them. 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 55's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 55 is ranked 19,533^rd in the world and 200^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,134.59 on the Hickory Productivity Index.