The Incorporated States of NSC73 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.555 billion NSC73ians 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 Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 85.2%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC73ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,246 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,042 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions, and recognised healthcare professionals treat diabetes with a grain of sugar in a barrel of water. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC73's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC73 is ranked 25,962^nd in the world and 246^th in Two for Most Conservative, scoring 82.25 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.