The Federal Union of Joda is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Jaeris Griffon with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.832 billion Jodari are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hanagrad. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Jodrian economy, worth 997 trillion jiroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 206,401 jiroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Hanagrad Times is sold out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joda's national animal is the white tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Joda is ranked 3,362^nd in the world and 69^th in Europe for Highest Poor Incomes, with 185,521.81 Standard Monetary Units.