The Regional Nation of John Three is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 857 million John Threeans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of John III. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The powerhouse John Threean economy, worth 69.5 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 81,127 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 364,564 per year while the poor average 11,150, a ratio of 32.7 to 1.

Kissing cousins produce the heartiest babies, footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, ratings for sitcom reruns are often much higher than election debates, and citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. John Three's national animal is the June bug, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

John Three is ranked 39,946^th in the world and 3^rd in Holy John Three for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 5,939.98 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.