The Holy Empire of Jace Ste is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 719 million Jace Steans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyuvsky. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Jace Stean economy, worth 72.2 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 100,418 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The serf suggestion box would work better if more serfs were literate, the nation frequently scolds its subject territories for staying up past bedtime, the lasting legacy of the current generation is a million years of buried radioactivity, and many suspect that the 'Whinny The Plop' children's magazine contains covert criticism of Leader. 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 170,143^rd in the world and 3,854^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 251.95 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.