The Republic of Card puppet 26 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.925 billion Card puppet 26ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Card puppet 26ian economy, worth 913 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 185,427 marks, with the richest citizens earning 8.8 times as much as the poorest.

A typical peasant's life cycle leads from birth to the gallows, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and politicians are battling inequality by declaring themselves better than everyone else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card puppet 26's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card puppet 26 is ranked 292,372^nd in the world and 40^th in The Apolean Frontiers for Most Secular, with 7.91 Atheism Rate.