The Incorporated States of Second Best Pack Storage 23 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.677 billion Second Best Pack Storage 23ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Second Best Pack Storage 23ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,380 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 179,805 cards, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, moonshine has made a resurgence, election debates consists mostly of two grey suits arguing over how to best preserve the status quo, 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 23's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Best Pack Storage 23 is ranked 104,151^st in the world and 1,056^th in Two for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 3,098.06 on the Hickory Productivity Index.