The Republic of J-2 is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 26.142 billion J-2ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 43.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong J-2ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,607 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,507 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gun ownership is compulsory, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, and pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. J-2's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

J-2 is ranked 11,579^th in the world and 1^st in Judaism for Largest Populations, with 26.1 billion capita.