The Fiefdom of Puppet State 299 is a colossal, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.027 billion Puppet State 299ians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.1%.

The strong Puppet State 299ian economy, worth 226 trillion florins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 56,175 florins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 334,951 per year while the poor average 4,304, a ratio of 77.8 to 1.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and you're only as old as you feel. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Puppet State 299's national animal is the elephant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Puppet State 299 is ranked 54,966^th in the world and 1^st in Roses With Prickles for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 53,310.75 Standard Monetary Units.