The Republic of Jade Junimos is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.646 billion Jade Junimosians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Jade Junimosian economy, worth 190 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 71,921 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, a sudden shout of "surprise!" does not herald a party for teachers, fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, and pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jade Junimos's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jade Junimos is ranked 58,037^th in the world and 2^nd in The Northen Polaris for Most Patriotic, with 24.25 flags saluted per person per day.