The Allied States of Jarozak is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its restrictive gun laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 7 million Jarozakians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Jarozakian economy, worth 45.9 billion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 6,558 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jarozak's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jarozak is ranked 277,617^th in the world and 992^nd in The Frontier Sea for Highest Poor Incomes, with 6,493.72 Standard Monetary Units.