The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 43 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.214 billion NSC Puppet 43ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 89.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 43ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,024 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 164,799 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

An IT mega-corporation has a patent pending on the rectangle, citizens have to dodge their neighbors' drones while getting the morning paper, the welfare administration's new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists, and good-looking soldier boys have celebrity status amongst the nation's homosexuals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 43's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 43 is ranked 72,197^th in the world and 495^th in Two for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,388.35 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.