The Antarctica Founders of Joop is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Joop Polarbear with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, strictly enforced bedtime, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 49.648 billion Joopians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, with Education, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Icetown. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Joopian economy, worth an astonishing 10,358 trillion Polar Crowns a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 208,643 Polar Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, knowing the capital of Bigtopia is cause for public shaming, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and Icetown consists only of government buildings and the mansions of government janitors. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Joop's national animal is the Polar Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Joop is ranked 328,450^th in the world and 36^th in Antarctica for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -15.59 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.