The Republic of Puppet9 is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 11.393 billion Puppet9ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 31.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Puppet9ian economy, worth 386 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,890 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Puppet9's many privately-owned prisons, and tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet9's national animal is the puppet.

Puppet9 is ranked 113,620^th in the world and 1^st in Candy constellation for Most Corrupt Governments, with 10.5 kickbacks per hour.