The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 17 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its closed borders, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.252 billion NSC Puppet 17ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.6%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 17ian economy, worth 998 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 159,781 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 539,867 per year while the poor average 34,977, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

The government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, everyone suspects that everyone else is a terrorist, family bonding sessions are considered immoral and are banned, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 17's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 17 is ranked 203,722^nd in the world and 1,079^th in Two for Safest, scoring 38.7 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.