The States of Janakin is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Elian Torvek with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.02 billion Janakinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinoes. The average income tax rate is 60.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Janakinian economy, worth 213 trillion Apolkas 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 105,531 Apolkas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

For the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, the well-to-do in Aurora League are never on time for important appointments, science fiction invariably depicts socialist societies as Utopian, and weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Janakin's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thaninian.

Janakin is ranked 83,498^th in the world and 5^th in Aurora League for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,214.81 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.