The Empire of Joacistan is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 164 million Joacistanians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Joacistanian economy, worth 10.7 trillion kronors a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,546 kronors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

It takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Leader is a silly poophead, and candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joacistan's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Joacistan is ranked 93,344^th in the world and 3,094^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 33.61 quips per hour.