The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 15 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.766 billion Second Best Puppet 15ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 15ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,039 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 153,619 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 467,852 per year while the poor average 39,147, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Chocolate in Second Best Puppet 15 has its flavour enhanced by the salty tears of enslaved factory workers, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, the blood, sweat, and tears of poor Second Best Puppet 15ians make research institutes rich, and business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters. 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 15's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Puppet 15 is ranked 8,067^th in the world and 44^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 105.34 law-abiding acts per hour.