The Sultanate of Puppet State 304 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.724 billion Puppet State 304ians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The strong Puppet State 304ian economy, worth 211 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 56,857 pesos, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Surveillance cameras are banned, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Puppet State 304's national animal is the beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Puppet State 304 is ranked 279,047^th in the world and 58^th in Silly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 53.56 law-abiding acts per hour.