The United States of Printer523 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, ritual sacrifices, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.498 billion Printer523ians 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 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer523ian economy, worth 761 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 138,582 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police use sound cannons and mortars to deal with loud parties, declaring that "some kids are just born evil" is not endearing Leader to progressive thinkers, large-girthed charity workers assign themselves healthy wages for their work with starving children, and farm turkeys are given high doses of antidepressants to take their minds off the holiday season. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer523's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer523 is ranked 271,676^th in the world and 959^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 37.41 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.