The Kingdom of Ioseph is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Donkey population. The hard-working, devout population of 10 million Iosephians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 23.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Iosephian economy, worth 537 billion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,710 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, gossip magazines are more interested in astrological stars than celebrity ones, the diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room, and child adoption by homosexual couples has been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioseph's national animal is the Donkey.

Ioseph is ranked 154,514^th in the world and 70^th in Catholic for Largest Governments, scoring 11.7 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.