The Republic of Puppet Coach is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 560 million Puppet Coachians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radiatic Highway. The average income tax rate is 24.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Puppet Coachian economy, worth 11.8 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,066 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Attempted suicide is punishable by public hanging, returning vacationers often find that their property is now a construction site, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, and Puppet Coach has designated Radiatic Highway as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet Coach's national animal is the fox, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Puppet Coach is ranked 204,722^nd in the world and 61^st in The Middle Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.