The Empire of Jazlea is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 458 million Jazleans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skye City. The average income tax rate is 9.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Jazlean economy, worth 30.7 trillion Zaemines a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,114 Zaemines, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Jazlea's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Jazlea to be bombproof, strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, and the nation grinds to a halt on the anniversary of every marginally noteworthy event. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Jazlea's national animal is the Dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Jazlea is ranked 113,798^th in the world and 1,923^rd in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,313.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.