The Radioactive Republic of Jasque is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Citizen Amaneus Lachance with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 40.911 billion Jasqueans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chernobyl. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Jasquean economy, worth an astonishing 10,438 trillion Becquerels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 255,144 Becquerels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true, war is made in the name of love, there's more vermin than ever on the metro, and companies are literally blowing their competition out of the water. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Jasque's national animal is the Green Glowing Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Jasque is ranked 794^th in the world and 1^st in The New Meritocracy for Fattest Citizens, with 67.74 Obesity Rate.