The United States of Juddlight is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Samson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.31 billion Juddlightians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Samway City. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Juddlightian economy, worth a remarkable 1,245 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 149,895 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, it turns out that your missing Roomba has run off to join the circus, the government's new "quiet competence" initiative has supporters and detractors alike reeling in confusion, and oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Juddlight's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Venturism.

Juddlight is ranked 141,445^th in the world and 192^nd in Starlight for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,725.98 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.