The Death Wish of Jim C is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Socrates with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 31.707 billion Jim Cians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 69.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Jim Cian economy, worth a remarkable 8,658 trillion Hemlocks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 273,075 Hemlocks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Policy reversals are more often graceful demi-détournés than u-turns, worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices, and trains and passengers alike are often late. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jim C's national animal is the Socrates, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.

Jim C is ranked 284,588^th in the world and 702^nd in NationStates for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 15.21 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.