The Holy Empire of Jace Ste is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, devout population of 761 million Jace Steans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, 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 Tyuvsky. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Jace Stean economy, worth 76.5 trillion Lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,515 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Jace Ste, and fat-shaming is now public policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jace Ste's national animal is the Eurasian brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jace Ste is ranked 38,994^th in the world and 1,269^th in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 106.04 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.