The Incorporated States of NSC8 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.034 billion NSC8ians 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 Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 85.2%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC8ian economy, worth 957 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 158,705 cards, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, coat closets are being re-branded as bedrooms, and exports of live cows arrive pre-roasted. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC8's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC8 is ranked 88,234^th in the world and 960^th in Two for Largest Populations, with 6.03 billion capita.