The United States of Printer938 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its smutty television, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.588 billion Printer938ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer938ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,345 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 204,192 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, Leader's support among single young men has drooped slightly, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer938's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer938 is ranked 109,943^rd in the world and 68^th in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 42,472.13 Standard Monetary Units.