The Incorporated States of NSC34 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 7.572 billion NSC34ians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC34ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,197 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 158,174 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Distrust of taps has many people bathing only with bottled mineral water, military spending recently hit a new high, ratings for sitcom reruns are often much higher than election debates, and therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC34's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC34 is ranked 110,567^th in the world and 606^th in Two for Most Pacifist, with 75.88 cheeks turned per day.