The Incorporated States of NSC97 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.517 billion NSC97ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.2%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC97ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,472 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 195,867 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 605,709 per year while the poor average 48,831, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

Senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, the constant playing of Merry Birthday on NSC97ian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, NSC97ian-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways, and lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC97's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC97 is ranked 64,784^th in the world and 1,251^st in Two for Most Conservative, scoring 74.25 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.