The Watchfires of Jim Nightshade is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, digital currency, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 18.038 billion Jim Nightshadeans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 36.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Jim Nightshadean economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,900 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, increasing numbers of children in Jim Nightshade have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, sneezing in public is a capital offense, and roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jim Nightshade's national animal is the laughing swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Jim Nightshade is ranked 19,901^st in the world and 1^st in Nightshade for Largest Populations, with 18.0 billion capita.