The Republic of Jamming is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The democratic population of 493 million Jammingians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 15.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Jammingian economy, worth 19.0 trillion Jams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 38,598 Jams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the tenet of free speech is held dear, Harry Potter books are banned, and everyone suspects that everyone else is a terrorist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jamming's national animal is the Party Parrot.

Jamming is ranked 143,226^th in the world and 8^th in Glory for Most Patriotic, with 10.12 flags saluted per person per day.