The Republic of St Jhon is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, anti-smoking policies, and public floggings. The hard-working, democratic population of 256 million St Jhonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.2%.

The very strong St Jhonian economy, worth 17.9 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,934 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-pound mansions, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Jhon's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

St Jhon is ranked 193,993^rd in the world and 2,436^th in the Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.61 kickbacks per hour.