The Incorporated States of NSC204 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.098 billion NSC204ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.6%.

The frighteningly efficient NSC204ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,019 trillion cards a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,225 cards, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, retirement apartments house giggling grannies who delightedly watch blank TVs all day long, barbers who trim a few inches of hair bill the government for their labor, and the mummified remains of former kings are apparently discovered every time a tourist loses their wallet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NSC204's national animal is the legendary, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

NSC204 is ranked 42,775^th in the world and 1,163^rd in Two for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 168.49 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.