The Psychotic Republic of Jermaville is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Jeremy Elbertson with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, daily referendums, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 11.706 billion Chat members enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Defense is also considered important, while Social Policy and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Las Vegas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Jermavillean economy, worth a remarkable 1,776 trillion bits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 151,726 bits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,385,454 per year while the poor average 1,828, a ratio of 757 to 1.

An increasing number of citizens believe the world is flat, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, Jermavillean police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, and mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Jermaville's national animal is the Otto, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Gambling.

Jermaville is ranked 21,736^th in the world and 17^th in Lands End for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,527.01 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.