The United States of Printer986 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, infamous sell-swords, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.408 billion Printer986ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 84.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer986ian economy, worth 771 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 142,665 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, the nation gives peace a chance - usually one in a million, Printer986 City's iconic yellow taxis are nowhere to be seen, and the carcasses of double-deckers can be found littering high streets all around the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer986's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer986 is ranked 275,626^th in the world and 1,588^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 34.54 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.