The United States of Printer494 is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, complete lack of prisons, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.92 billion Printer494ians 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 Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer494ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,061 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an impressive 153,338 cards, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

School history books often refer to Leader as "that imperialist pig dog", puppies given out free in marketing promotions are often tossed straight into the trash, the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, and a Two Tourist Association survey has rated Printer494 #1 for number twos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer494's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer494 is ranked 50,681^st in the world and 2,285^th in Two for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,460.03 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.