The United Socialist States of Jesterton is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Charlemagne Charleston Chew with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.154 billion Jestertonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cavan Ronan. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Jestertonian economy, worth 38.1 trillion Louis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 32,999 Louis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Optometrists will see citizens in seconds but health inspectors won't be sighted for years, the dance skills of Chancellor Charlemagne Charleston Chew are said to be almost as subversive as their politics, the nickname "chair force" is increasingly literal, and the Federal Council of Jesterton has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jesterton's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Jesterton is ranked 56,223^rd in the world and 19^th in Kerbals of the North for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,980.84 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.