The Republic of NC Mining 2 is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 74 million NC Mining 2ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient NC Mining 2ian economy, worth 2.71 trillion Litreses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,636 Litreses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, protests are illegal, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, and black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NC Mining 2's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

NC Mining 2 is ranked 212,675^th in the world and 4^th in Aeterna Regnum for Most Extreme, scoring 12.54 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.