The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 198 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.675 billion NSC Puppet 198ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.9%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 198ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,282 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 167,136 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 488,272 per year while the poor average 45,179, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, write-in candidate 'Leader Sucks' is perennially popular, AI citizens are criticized for being robotic, and citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 198's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 198 is ranked 325,110^th in the world and 1,761^st in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 31.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.