The Democratic States of Josephtan is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Supreme Clitus Heraclius with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.847 billion Josephtanians 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 Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olympia. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Josephtanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,998 trillion FoxDollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,086 FoxDollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, foreign leaders are advising that President Supreme Clitus Heraclius's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Josephtan's radio stations, and people say chess victor President Supreme Clitus Heraclius can kill you with mind-bullets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Josephtan's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Spiritism.

Josephtan is ranked 28,359^th in the world and 15^th in New Western Atlantic for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 228.24 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.