The Federal Republic of Jarlborg is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Léo Jakob Brännvall with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.584 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 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Jarlborgian economy, worth 111 trillion Rikskronas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,308 Rikskronas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Jarlborg, hell is not always other people, the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix, and candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals. 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 19,794^th in the world and 11^th in Ridgefield for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,080.9 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.