The Authoritarian Paradise of Jurichstan is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by The Almighty One with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.085 billion Jurichstanis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hadaway. The average income tax rate is 73.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Jurichstani economy, worth a remarkable 4,407 trillion Plecks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 485,167 Plecks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Losing your sock key may require surgical intervention, the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow, and popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Jurichstan's national animal is the Jurichstan Python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Jurichtology.

Jurichstan is ranked 312,323^rd in the world and 48^th in One big Island for Nicest Citizens, with 0.12 average smiles per day.