The Incorporated States of NSC168 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, zero percent divorce rate, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.037 billion NSC168ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 85.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC168ian economy, worth 863 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,956 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, women earn less than half the salary of men if they can even find a job, children are regularly married to each other to secure alliances between families, and children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC168's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC168 is ranked 275,824^th in the world and 1,538^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 34.54 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.