The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 27 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, parental licensing program, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.731 billion NSC Puppet 27ians 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 27ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,492 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 193,003 cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 544,807 per year while the poor average 54,732, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, chickens roam the streets freely, nothing is more offensive than being inoffensive, and large areas of NSC Puppet 27 are not accessible by the public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 27's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 27 is ranked 27,015^th in the world and 218^th in Two for Most Patriotic, with 46.78 flags saluted per person per day.