The People's Republic of Sjaakland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by the Chairman of the Praesidium with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, rampant corporate plagiarism, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate population of 1.778 billion Sjaaklanders are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jakobstad. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sjaaklandish economy, worth 206 trillion sovereigns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 115,992 sovereigns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snitches get riches, the nation's water should not be ingested while operating heavy machinery, neighboring nations are tired of Sjaakland's big fish stories, and snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sjaakland's national animal is the minnow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sjaakland is ranked 21,629^th in the world and 1,264^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 90 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.