The Protectorate of JBLM is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 28.951 billion JBLMians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.2%.

The strong JBLMian economy, worth a remarkable 1,709 trillion USDS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 59,063 USDS, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, and 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists. Crime is moderate. JBLM's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

JBLM is ranked 147,879^th in the world and 1^st in Lenin for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 72.75 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.