The Democratic States of JonStar is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 36 million JonStarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling JonStarian economy, worth 536 billion cygnets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Trout Farming. Average income is 14,891 cygnets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and voters are one of the nation's top imports. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. JonStar's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

JonStar is ranked 53,626^th in the world and 557^th in the West Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 633.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.