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The Empire of Puppet State 343 is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 4.214 billion Puppet State 343ians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.8%.

The strong Puppet State 343ian economy, worth 189 trillion rupees a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 44,873 rupees, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 239,395 per year while the poor average 4,420, a ratio of 54.2 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the tenet of free speech is held dear, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime is a problem. Puppet State 343's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Puppet State 343 is ranked 233,239^th in the world and 37^th in Silly for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 37.42 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.