The Theocracy of St Joseph the Worker is a small, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 26 million Josephans 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 Administration, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 67.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Josephan economy, worth 510 billion dukats 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 19,627 dukats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Autopsies often involve only cursory examination, riot police are stationed around paintings of violent protestors, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Joseph the Worker's national animal is the aurochs, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

St Joseph the Worker is ranked 97,586^th in the world and 124^th in Christians for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.43 percentage of bribes refused.