The United States of Printer993 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.398 billion Printer993ians 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 86.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Printer993ian economy, worth 721 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 133,609 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's more vermin than ever on the metro, debate rages over whether ground fish guts can be spread on fields, newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, and the government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer993's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Printer993 is ranked 67,532^nd in the world and 545^th in Two for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 454.09 on the Clooney Contribution Index.