The Incorporated States of NSC4 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.079 billion NSC4ians 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 Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 79.4%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC4ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,000 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 164,634 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, skateparks can be found in every city, and the comic book series 'Leader and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC4's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC4 is ranked 279,356^th in the world and 2,390^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.33 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.