The Holy Empire of Jace Ste is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its fear of technology, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 824 million Jace Steans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyuvsky. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Jace Stean economy, worth 83.8 trillion Lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,679 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, third party candidates are now gaining some representation in Parliament, and a The North Pacific Tourist Association survey has rated Jace Ste #1 for number twos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jace Ste's national animal is the Eurasian brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jace Ste is ranked 245,174^th in the world and 5,396^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -6.32 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.