The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 84 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.107 billion Second Best Puppet 84ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 84ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,505 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 185,662 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists are pillars of society, new regulations have put a halt to monkey business, athletes are renowned for being the best at maths, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. 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 84's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 84 is ranked 184,144^th in the world and 1,582^nd in Two for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 882.58 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.