The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 98 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 7.732 billion NSC Puppet 98ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.0%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 98ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,351 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 174,729 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, children often kick legendaries for amusement, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. 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 98's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 98 is ranked 18,974^th in the world and 1,450^th in Two for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,313.94 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.