The Cyan-Depleted Cartridges of Printer86 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.646 billion Printer86ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer86ian economy, worth 873 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 154,671 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, sweet-toothed Printer86ians have been left penniless by the VAT on candy, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer86's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Printer86 is ranked 280,227^th in the world and 2,457^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 29.73 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.