The Constitutional Monarchy of Upper Janis is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Kudu-man with a fair hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 7.587 billion Upper Janisians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kudushaven. The average income tax rate is 26.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Upper Janisian economy, worth 351 trillion jans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,303 jans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

You can represent some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time, dentists routinely perform open heart surgery, Stankuhdi has been named as Upper Janis's national religion, and Kudu-man has just been declared ruler of Upper Janis in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Janis's national animal is the lesser kudu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Stankuhdi.

Upper Janis is ranked 285,496^th in the world and 2^nd in Verdenta for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 35.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.