The Incorporated States of NSC22 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.056 billion NSC22ians 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 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC22ian economy, worth 909 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 150,149 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens often ask "what has information technology ever done for us?", flamethrower-toting soldiers are also equipped with fire blankets and extinguishers, ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, and the parliament building has installed a revolving door. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC22's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC22 is ranked 234,470^th in the world and 27^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 47.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.