The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 203 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.221 billion NSC Puppet 203ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 88.3%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 203ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,077 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 173,193 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Arbitration is mightier than the sword, euthanasia is illegal, Blueriver mercenaries routinely do the army's dirty work, and vile black smog from coal power plants has enveloped several major urban centres. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 203's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 203 is ranked 214,083^rd in the world and 1,425^th in Two for Safest, scoring 30.71 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.