The Sacred Commonwealth of Santa Joanna is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its smutty television, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 19.88 billion Joannatives are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Upper Bonopolis. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Santa Joanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,497 trillion graalars a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,629 graalars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santa Joanna's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cult of Agnes.

Santa Joanna is ranked 1,999^th in the world and 33^rd in Forest for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 21,315.91 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.