The Second Best Colony of Second Best Puppet 139 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Noah with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, infamous sell-swords, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.705 billion Second Best Puppet 139ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Puppet 139ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,260 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 187,952 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government has pledged that not one drop of its citizens' blood will be spilt, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-card charge on their phone bill, and foreign 'investors' have been taking a great interest in the new secret shuttle. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Puppet 139's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Second Best Puppet 139 is ranked 283,867^th in the world and 1,450^th in Two for Most Beautiful Environments, with 4.51 pounds of wildlife per square mile.