The Republic of Card puppet 26 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.768 billion Card puppet 26ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Card puppet 26ian economy, worth 855 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 179,353 marks, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Card puppet 26's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Card puppet 26 is ranked 76,105^th in the world and 9^th in The Apolean Frontiers for Largest Black Market, with 4.97 trillion Standard Monetary Units.