The United States of Josiah Bartlet is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leo McGary with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 23.764 billion Bartlets 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Presidential economy, worth 419 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 17,670 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Josiah Bartlet has designated Washington DC as its capital city, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and Leo McGary has just been declared ruler of Josiah Bartlet in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Josiah Bartlet's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Josiah Bartlet is ranked 69,958^th in the world and 1^st in Pennsylvania Avenue for Most Beautiful Environments, with 614.38 pounds of wildlife per square mile.