The Subsidized Union of Jermi is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by J with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, strictly enforced bedtime, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.045 billion Jermen 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jeinburg. The average income tax rate is 86.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Jermian economy, worth 748 trillion mincoes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 245,669 mincoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, the nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, and 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Jermi's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Lunaism.

Jermi is ranked 268,829^th in the world and 102^nd in Palatine for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -7.75 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.