The United States of Printer596 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its closed borders, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.51 billion Printer596ians 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 82.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer596ian economy, worth 837 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 151,970 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The people's love for Leader is little more than self-preservation, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, the nation is Two's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer596's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer596 is ranked 275,167^th in the world and 1,418^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 35.23 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.