Location: The Rebel Alliance

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Jeffjack is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by SGT YORK with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 6.356 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYBERRY. Income tax is unheard of. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system, surveillance cameras are banned, and religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jeffjack's national animal is the POSSUM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the SHOTGUN SHELL.

Jeffjack is ranked 11th in The Rebel Alliance and 100,045th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and