The Republic of Joyfire is a mammoth, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working population of 5.963 billion Joyfireans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 19.2%.

The Joyfirean economy, worth 241 trillion glimmers a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 40,568 glimmers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Leader reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, the nation is Prison's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets, and schoolkids say that the air doesn't taste like wee-wee any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Joyfire's national animal is the sassy sea turtles, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Joyfire is ranked 123,607^th in the world and 68^th in Prison for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.