The Principality of Puppet State 256 is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 4.046 billion Puppet State 256ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 41.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Puppet State 256ian economy, worth 46.6 trillion bitcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 11,514 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, military spending recently hit a new high, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet State 256's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Puppet State 256 is ranked 318,224^th in the world and 100^th in Silly for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,747.62 Standard Monetary Units.