The Republic of John MacTavish is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its parental licensing program, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.882 billion John MacTavishians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.9%.

The powerhouse John MacTavishian economy, worth 717 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,812 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, the easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. John MacTavish's national animal is the task force operative, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

John MacTavish is ranked 86,466^th in the world and 51^st in Remembrance for Highest Average Incomes, with 80,812.61 Standard Monetary Units.