The United States of Printer974 is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.379 billion Printer974ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 81.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer974ian economy, worth 847 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 157,528 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

On-duty Air Printer974 flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, it is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon, there's a lot of smoke from the nation's "green economy", and cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer974's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Printer974 is ranked 279,561^st in the world and 2,367^th in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 30.63 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.