The Incorporated States of NSC Puppet 7 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its closed borders, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.106 billion NSC Puppet 7ians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 88.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient NSC Puppet 7ian economy, worth 948 trillion cards a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,336 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, new "Commiserations! It's An Accident!" greetings cards for expectant mothers are selling surprisingly quickly, justice is available only to those who can afford its price tag, and kids building model rockets in their backyard are grounded by Space Agency Rangers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC Puppet 7's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

NSC Puppet 7 is ranked 3,018^th in the world and 197^th in Two for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 13,752.52 on the Gilded Widget Scale.