The Republic of Jelo Keshidam is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.239 billion Jelo Keshidamians 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 22.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Jelo Keshidamian economy, worth 31.9 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,741 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign government's extravagances, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jelo Keshidam's national animal is the panther.

Jelo Keshidam is ranked 89,663^rd in the world and 196^th in Frozen Circle for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 2,802.16 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.