The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 22 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, deadly medical pandemics, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.398 billion NSC Puppet 22ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 89.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 22ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,029 trillion cards a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 139,159 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Polite commuters on the NSC Puppet 22 City Metro always let hurried workers off the train first, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, regional governors use national law books as toilet paper, and inheritance tax has recently been abolished. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 22's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 22 is ranked 275,482^nd in the world and 1,878^th in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 15,168.42 Standard Monetary Units.