The Incorporated States of NSC59 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.863 billion NSC59ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.5%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC59ian economy, worth 954 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 162,885 cards, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, and elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-card mansions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC59's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC59 is ranked 26,906^th in the world and 1,947^th in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.64 law-abiding acts per hour.