The Republic of Joyful Jessetopia is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning raccoon population. The quiet, industrious population of 545 million Joyful Jessetopians 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, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Joyful Jessetopian economy, worth 22.7 trillion lire a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 41,726 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joyful Jessetopia's national animal is the raccoon.

Joyful Jessetopia is ranked 143,504^th in the world and 5,914^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 61.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.