The State of Joatham is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with an even hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 30.228 billion Joathamians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dominion Heights. The average income tax rate is 65.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Joathamian economy, worth 468 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 15,496 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, voting is voluntary, Joatham has designated Dominion Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Joatham in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joatham's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Joatham is ranked 308,561^st in the world and 1^st in Orkney Isles for Highest Average Incomes, with 15,496.74 Standard Monetary Units.