The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 99 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its closed borders, deadly medical pandemics, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.458 billion NSC Puppet 99ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 84.7%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 99ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,407 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 188,673 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

NSC Puppet 99 recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, and the government is buying children's books by the thousands. 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 99's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 99 is ranked 10,924^th in the world and 94^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 6,997.88 on the Hickory Productivity Index.