The Commonwealth of The Jamdoin is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 566 million Jamdonians 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chilladelphia. The average income tax rate is 89.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Jamdoni economy, worth 48.1 trillion Ja'ams 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 84,956 Ja'ams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun", almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Jamdoin's national animal is the magpie, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Jamdoin is ranked 7,852^nd in the world and 2^nd in Bloopsjooj for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 56.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.