The Great Holy Empire of Joelsons is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Erick the righteous with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.352 billion joelsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Holy Site. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Joelson economy, worth 232 trillion H's a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,682 H's, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Matryoshka dolls resembling nested Death Stars are commonly sold, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation, and you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joelsons's national animal is the spoky skeletons, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cristanity.

Joelsons is ranked 165,236^th in the world and 1^st in nevoeiro for Largest Populations, with 2.35 billion capita.