The Incorporated States of NSCO1 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.047 billion NSCO1ians 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, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 75.6%.

The frighteningly efficient NSCO1ian economy, worth 772 trillion cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 127,811 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, the government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, equality looks curiously unequal, and vacationing hippies and old ladies are regularly arrested for bringing back contraband basketry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSCO1's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSCO1 is ranked 281,370^th in the world and 925^th in Two for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5.34 pounds of wildlife per square mile.