The Incorporated States of NSC O9 is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its parental licensing program, anti-smoking policies, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 7.712 billion NSC O9ians 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, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.9%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC O9ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,115 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 144,648 cards, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

Photos of picturesque coastal buildings are set against a backdrop of smokestacks and ship hulls, neighboring nations are tired of NSC O9's big fish stories, cops with assault weaponry are forcing their way into private homes to search for terrorists, and new treatments are rejected if they cannot be explained using only one-syllable words. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC O9's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC O9 is ranked 18,566^th in the world and 1,820^th in Two for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,118.72 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.