The Kingdom of Jim Lindsay is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The compassionate population of 1.419 billion Jim Lindsayians 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 Education, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 32.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Jim Lindsayian economy, worth 136 trillion Blood Slides a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,414 Blood Slides, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Radiation is a hot topic, people make a career out of medical voyeurism, diplomats expel enough hot air to cause forest fires, and vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jim Lindsay's national animal is the Dexter cattle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jim Lindsay is ranked 150,196^th in the world and 102^nd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 487.35 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.