The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 216 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.447 billion NSC Puppet 216ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 92.2%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 216ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,254 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 168,472 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending recently hit a new high, "Leader got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, NSC Puppet 216ian soldiers are assured their new ray-guns will finally power up after the next round of ominous chanting, and political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 216's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 216 is ranked 148,224^th in the world and 1,497^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,935.8 on the Hickory Productivity Index.