The Empire of J o Jian Capture Squad I8 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical population of 8.32 billion J o Jian Capture Squad I8ians 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 tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The strong J o Jian Capture Squad I8ian economy, worth 535 trillion Sauces a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 64,303 Sauces, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending recently hit a new high, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. J o Jian Capture Squad I8's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

J o Jian Capture Squad I8 is ranked 202,613^th in the world and 1^st in The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.