The Incorporated States of NSC183 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.024 billion NSC183ians 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 88.3%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC183ian economy, worth 920 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 152,784 cards, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Private records are being put online with a convenient "download" button, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, veterans' meet-ups involve a lot of tail sniffing, and farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC183's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC183 is ranked 279,273^rd in the world and 2,425^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.02 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.