The Holy Empire of Jace Ste is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 750 million Jace Steans 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyuvsky. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Jace Stean economy, worth 75.2 trillion Lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,245 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, it is a silent spring in Jace Ste, and the government finds the idea of having an army to be rather distasteful. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jace Ste's national animal is the Eurasian brown bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jace Ste is ranked 20,288^th in the world and 874^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,019.51 pounds of wildlife per square mile.