The Peoples Stratocracy of Peoples Republic of Joyea is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by DEAREST GENERAL SECRETARY COMRADE JOYEAH with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.689 billion Joyeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Joyea City. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Joyean economy, worth a remarkable 1,008 trillion Joyean Rubles a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 177,334 Joyean Rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The navy's new flotilla is gonna be a thrilla, enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, and DEAREST GENERAL SECRETARY COMRADE JOYEAH shot first. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peoples Republic of Joyea's national animal is the Joyean Calico Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Joyean Orthodox Christian.

Peoples Republic of Joyea is ranked 203,118^th in the world and 2^nd in Coalition of Authoritarian Nations for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.1 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.