The United States of Printer893 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, public floggings, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.407 billion Printer893ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer893ian economy, worth 821 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 151,972 cards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 608,800 per year while the poor average 25,454, a ratio of 23.9 to 1.

Many Printer893ians are their brothers' keepers, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, Printer893's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and sheep-like political loyalists repeat the mantra "one wheel bad, three wheels good". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer893's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer893 is ranked 200,377^th in the world and 946^th in Two for Safest, scoring 41.41 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.