The Principality of Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Prince Pierre-Alexandre 1er de SJJsM with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, aversion to nipples, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.302 billion Jean-Jacquois are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.0%.

The frighteningly efficient jean-jacquois economy, worth 191 trillion Franc jean-jacquois a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 147,239 Franc jean-jacquois, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,009,254 per year while the poor average 7,716, a ratio of 130 to 1.

Orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step, stern tutting by international commentators has persuaded Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer to disarm, rap artists are regularly arrested for promoting extremist groups, and cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates. Crime is pervasive. Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer's national animal is the tapir, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Saint-Jean-Jacques-sur-Mer is ranked 17,516^th in the world and 3^rd in Anaia for Most Patriotic, with 47.45 flags saluted per person per day.