The Incorporated States of NSC163 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 7.52 billion NSC163ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC163ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,315 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 174,991 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

It is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon, the government has pledged that not one drop of its citizens' blood will be spilt, the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying, and Leader's recent "I have a dream that we will fight them by raking muck on the beaches" speech seems a little derivative to many. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC163's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC163 is ranked 86,830^th in the world and 2,305^th in Two for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,055.02 on the Societal Mobility Rating.