The Federal Republic of Jarlborg is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Léo Jakob Brännvall with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.565 billion Jarlborgians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rikssjärna. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Jarlborgian economy, worth 106 trillion Rikskronas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,777 Rikskronas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists, the nation's green cities are indeed concrete jungles, and scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jarlborg's national animal is the Polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jarlborg is ranked 193,699^th in the world and 56^th in Ridgefield for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.45 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.