The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 199 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.441 billion NSC Puppet 199ians 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, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 91.0%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 199ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,594 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 214,264 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Firebombing politicians' offices has become a common way of expressing dissatisfaction, immigrant herding has become a national pastime, things are looking up for sentient toilet bowls, and military funding has been stripped back. 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 199's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 199 is ranked 138,497^th in the world and 1,398^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,180.16 on the Hickory Productivity Index.