The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 149 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 6.193 billion NSC Puppet 149ians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 149ian economy, worth 980 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 158,369 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, regional governors use national law books as toilet paper, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, and the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 149's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 149 is ranked 274,267^th in the world and 1,553^rd in Two for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.43 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.