The Allied States of Jethial is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its national health service, rampant corporate plagiarism, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.592 billion Jethialians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 10.3%.

The Jethialian economy, worth 417 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,594 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, smoking is banned in public areas, and trying to toast marshmallows in an electric fireplace just isn't the same. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Jethial's national animal is the dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Jethial is ranked 289,318^th in the world and 5,458^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -5.48 on the Gilded Widget Scale.