The Incorporated States of NSC102 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, enslaved workforce, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.9 billion NSC102ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.6%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC102ian economy, worth 980 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 166,173 cards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 759,704 per year while the poor average 22,138, a ratio of 34.3 to 1.

The dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, wounded veterans can only get prosthetics if they agree to become walking billboards for the arms industry, children need to wear helmets and safety harnesses before mounting a carousel horse, and self-driving cars occasionally mow down pedestrians to avoid inconveniencing passengers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC102's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC102 is ranked 10,438^th in the world and 193^rd in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.24 law-abiding acts per hour.