The Armed Republic of JORDAN MICHAEL is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 308 million JORDAN MICHAELians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong JORDAN MICHAELian economy, worth 20.9 trillion Basketball Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 67,894 Basketball Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation doesn't need to go to war in order to acquire new territory, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, men are finding 'she spots' more easily but they can't use them, and satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. JORDAN MICHAEL's national animal is the Dog.

JORDAN MICHAEL is ranked 213,591^st in the world and 10^th in Paladin Astralblitz for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 32,317.56 Standard Monetary Units.