The Incorporated States of Second Best Pack Storage 144 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.624 billion Second Best Pack Storage 144ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Pack Storage 144ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,325 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 173,842 cards, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

The national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, citizens have to dodge their neighbors' drones while getting the morning paper, and heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Best Pack Storage 144's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Pack Storage 144 is ranked 285,056^th in the world and 2,405^th in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 11,995.14 Standard Monetary Units.