The United States of Printer382 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.57 billion Printer382ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 85.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer382ian economy, worth 960 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,470 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands, factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas, political radicals send their cards to degree mills for a chance to serve in Parliament, and a state-funded project is investigating whether the moon is made of cheese. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer382's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer382 is ranked 206,424^th in the world and 1,160^th in Two for Safest, scoring 36.38 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.