The Puppet of This is merely a puppet is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Feirmont with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 20.438 billion Spiritusianites are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spiritus City. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spiritusianite economy, worth a remarkable 2,383 trillion Spirits 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. 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 an impressive 116,623 Spirits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Most towns have their Feirmont High School located on Feirmont Street, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, and religious people are committed to mental institutions for treatment. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. This is merely a puppet's national animal is the Salaxalans, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Church of the Holy Potato.

This is merely a puppet is ranked 51,732^nd in the world and 59^th in Spiritus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 143.72 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.