The United States of Printer388 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its aversion to nipples, public floggings, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.538 billion Printer388ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 84.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer388ian economy, worth 761 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 137,453 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget, the tenet of free speech is held dear, and colonials are offended to find a local animal has been re-named the 'Furry Four-Legged Marsupial Legendary'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer388's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer388 is ranked 281,090^th in the world and 2,600^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 26.9 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.