The Elective Kingdom of Jarlborg is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Tyr Björnsson with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 6.288 billion Jarlborgians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rikssjärna. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Jarlborgian economy, worth 626 trillion Rikskronas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,518 Rikskronas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders, statistics show that terrorists often come from broken families, and refugees without a PhD are sent back to where they came from. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive 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, and its national religion is Reformed animism.

Jarlborg is ranked 87,006^th in the world and 275^th in the Plains of Perdition for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.59 percentage of bribes refused.