The Incorporated States of NSC57 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, enslaved workforce, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 5.931 billion NSC57ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.6%.
The frighteningly efficient NSC57ian economy, worth 678 trillion cards a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 114,447 cards, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.
Young people devote their entire lives to the faith, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, octogenarian models insist that they've still got it, and creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC57's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
NSC57 is ranked 27,101st in the world and 88th in Two for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 6,432.56 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : NSC57 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, octogenarian models insist that they've still got it.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, the nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, young people devote their entire lives to the faith.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, female restaurant chefs are not allowed to have male customers.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, the government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, cooking with water and baking soda is considered patent infringement.
- : Following new legislation in NSC57, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'.
