The Republic of Joralia is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 197 million Joralians 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 Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Joralian economy, worth 4.12 trillion Joralian Denars 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 mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 20,919 Joralian Denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, and citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joralia's national animal is the Opossum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Joralia is ranked 79,072^nd in the world and 2,179^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.