The Free Land of The Saint James Confederation is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 4.257 billion Saint James Confederationians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mariascola. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Saint James Confederationian economy, worth 226 trillion shillings a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,286 shillings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government spends millions of shillings every year prosecuting spammers, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and sex changes are routinely performed at The Saint James Confederation's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Saint James Confederation's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Saint James Confederation is ranked 177,919^th in the world and 365^th in Field Egg Group for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5.44 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.