The United Municipalities of The Jerichowan Country is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King of the Jerichowans Karl II with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.81 billion Jerichowans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bürgerich. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Jerichowan economy, worth a remarkable 2,294 trillion Jerichowan Guldens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 212,298 Jerichowan Guldens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best defense is a good fence, police officers find government bureaucracy more terrifying than most serial killers, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, and blood stains the floors of the execution room and the hands of the state. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Jerichowan Country's national animal is the crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Jerichowan Country is ranked 3,015^th in the world and 155^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 697.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.