The Federal Republic of Jarlborg is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Léo Jakob Brännvall with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.651 billion Jarlborgians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rikssjärna. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Jarlborgian economy, worth 119 trillion Rikskronas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,115 Rikskronas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui, intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works, and shady doctors seem to have impeccable records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jarlborg's national animal is the Polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jarlborg is ranked 53,612^th in the world and 13^th in Ridgefield for Most Patriotic, with 26.01 flags saluted per person per day.