The Incorporated States of Magical Puppet is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, national health service, and feral children. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 960 million Magical Puppetians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Magical Puppetian economy, worth 70.6 trillion lire a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,511 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', a Terra Infecta Tourist Association survey has rated Magical Puppet #1 for number twos, landless farmers wander forlornly in the government's many national parks, and the libraries of Magical Puppet are staffed by lone, lonely librarians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Magical Puppet's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Magical Puppet is ranked 283,523^rd in the world and 2^nd in Terra Infecta for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -130.56 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.