The Allied States of Palmer Joss is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its parental licensing program, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 8.096 billion Christian Philosophers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bible Science Research Institute. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Christian Philosopher economy, worth 413 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,065 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, calling dibs is an unalienable right, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, and arms manufacturers and mild-mannered journalists have been outed as superheroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palmer Joss's national animal is the Quasar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Palmer Joss is ranked 243,587^th in the world and 128^th in Bytes for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.07 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.