The Nomadic Peoples of Jiskastan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, prohibition of alcohol, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.93 billion Jiskastanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dym. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.4%.

The powerhouse Jiskastanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,673 trillion Chanjasks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 88,427 Chanjasks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 319,772 per year while the poor average 17,450, a ratio of 18.3 to 1.

Children play a simplified version of hopscotch, sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days, the police force is rumoured to be made up of evil shadows with no souls, and women have a strange proclivity for dressing up as caped weasels. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jiskastan's national animal is the bottlenose dolphin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Jiskastan is ranked 18,444^th in the world and 1^st in Merciam for Largest Populations, with 18.9 billion capita.