The People's Republic of The Jestonian Maritimes is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 2.545 billion Jestonian Maritimesians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Jestonian Maritimesian economy, worth 25.3 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 9,940 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens hear a diversity of opinions from a range of billionaire-owned corporations, politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, and the nation is in perpetual campaign mode. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Jestonian Maritimes's national animal is the unicorn.

The Jestonian Maritimes is ranked 106,222^nd in the world and 85^th in Declansburg for Most Primitive, scoring -22.36 on the Scary Big Number Scale.