The Cyan-Depleted Cartridges of Printer741 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.435 billion Printer741ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer741ian economy, worth 858 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 158,045 cards, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons, distrust of taps has many people bathing only with bottled mineral water, and voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer741's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer741 is ranked 277,542^nd in the world and 2,038^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 32.53 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.