The United States of Puppet State 356 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed population of 3.85 billion Puppet State 356ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Puppet State 356ian economy, worth 97.5 trillion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 25,317 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A breakdown in Westphalian sovereignty has left political scientists dazed and confused, ten thousand Puppet State 356ian soldiers recently invaded a nation occupied by two senior citizens and a dachshund, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet State 356's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Puppet State 356 is ranked 76,456^th in the world and 3^rd in Eurasia for Largest Black Market, with 4.90 trillion Standard Monetary Units.