The Most Serene Republic of Jepalandia is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.191 billion Jepalandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pääkaupunni. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Jepalandian economy, worth 25.7 trillion marky marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports. Average income is 21,566 marky marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Illegal hunting is rife after veganism was recently made compulsory, citizens may not "love, honor and obey" anyone except the State, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and people are bored of easy crossword puzzles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jepalandia's national animal is the Walrus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Jepalandia is ranked 6,036^th in the world and 2^nd in Iris for Safest, scoring 128.14 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.