The Incorporated States of NSC O10 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.284 billion NSC O10ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC O10ian economy, worth 752 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 119,753 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Human pie shops continue to receive shipments of meat from Spleeny Rodd's, children keel over while singing "Leader Gives Us the Water of Life", foreign leaders never seem to want to shake hands with Leader, and immigrant herding has become a national pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC O10's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC O10 is ranked 265,072^nd in the world and 311^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 40.94 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.