The State of Janiard is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 13.431 billion Janiardians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.8%.

The Janiardian economy, worth 565 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 42,117 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate. Janiard's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Janiard is ranked 84,937^th in the world and 6^th in Rhineland Pfalz for Most Primitive, scoring 22.36 on the Scary Big Number Scale.