The Republic of Puppet-000 is a small, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 29 million Puppets 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 53.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Puppet economy, worth 1.29 trillion 000s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 44,502 000s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Fake beard sales are on the rise amongst female commuters, the word 'foreigner' is considered a highly vulgar expletive, women should never trust a man who turns up to a first date with an open bottle in his hand, and a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet-000's national animal is the Ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Puppet-000 is ranked 296,088^th in the world and 2,204^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.05 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.