The United States of Printer401 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its deadly medical pandemics, fear of technology, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.402 billion Printer401ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 81.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Printer401ian economy, worth 786 trillion cards a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 145,656 cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', there's a lot of smoke from the nation's "green economy", the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, and ports have ground to a halt as no boat can reach them without trespassing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Printer401's national animal is the legendary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Printer401 is ranked 25,323^rd in the world and 1,871^st in Two for Lowest Crime Rates, with 85.71 law-abiding acts per hour.