The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 8 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.166 billion NSC Puppet 8ians 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 Industry, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.1%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 8ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,047 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 169,823 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

Vaccinations are mandatory, the mummified remains of former kings are apparently discovered every time a tourist loses their wallet, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and on-duty Air NSC Puppet 8 flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class. 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 8's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC Puppet 8 is ranked 221,103^rd in the world and 1,500^th in Two for Safest, scoring 29.02 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.