The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 168 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.097 billion NSC Puppet 168ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 168ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,187 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 194,780 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

It is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, cosy TV sitcom "AI Love Lucy" showcases harmonious human-robot cohabitation, and religious households enthusiastically use whips in private. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 168's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 168 is ranked 242,020^th in the world and 1,958^th in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 19,283.31 Standard Monetary Units.