The Republic of Jedredistan is a large, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 140 million Jedredistanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 55.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Jedredistanian economy, worth 4.85 trillion marks a year, is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,612 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, and hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jedredistan's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jedredistan is ranked 97,603^rd in the world and 814^th in the West Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 31,362.35 Standard Monetary Units.