The Incorporated States of NSC2 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.078 billion NSC2ians 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 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC2ian economy, worth 846 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,322 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Replacement organs are grown in vats, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, the children of NSC2 are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC2's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC2 is ranked 247,722^nd in the world and 35^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.7 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.