The Protectorate of Puppet State Cool is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, frequent executions, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 3.723 billion Puppet State Coolians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 21.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Puppet State Coolian economy, worth 164 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,072 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

All gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, small shoes often wash up on the beach, school lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, and kids feel more beat up than ever after a hard day at school. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puppet State Cool's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Puppet State Cool is ranked 161,418^th in the world and 7^th in Roses With Thorns for Largest Populations, with 3.72 billion capita.