The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 116 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its closed borders, pith helmet sales, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.42 billion NSC Puppet 116ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 89.3%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 116ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,539 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 207,498 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Overweight people receive reparations checks from fast-food chains, community theaters are known for their bawdy renditions of 'Springtime for Leader', people invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids, and home renovation shows are increasingly popular. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 116's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 116 is ranked 9,100^th in the world and 67^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 7,298.06 on the Hickory Productivity Index.