The People's Republic of The Holy Jand is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chancellor Ogleforth with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.08 billion Jand are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skellow. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Jandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,147 trillion salks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,067 salks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime is totally unknown. The Holy Jand's national animal is the black elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Holy Jand is ranked 285,557^th in the world and 52^nd in Atlantis for Most Patriotic, with 0.25 flags saluted per person per day.