The United States of Printer484 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.493 billion Printer484ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 84.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer484ian economy, worth 758 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 138,011 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 405,546 per year while the poor average 37,001, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

The roads are virtually falling apart, the government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language, and traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer484's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Printer484 is ranked 278,682^nd in the world and 2,318^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.94 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.