The Holy Empire of The Haut-Jura is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Guide Meunier with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and enforced nudity. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.913 billion Haut-Jurans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lieu-dit Clavieres. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Haut-Juran economy, worth 419 trillion Thunes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 107,246 Thunes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, and young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves. Crime is totally unknown. The Haut-Jura's national animal is the Tuna, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Ni Dieu Ni Maître.

The Haut-Jura is ranked 329,275^th in the world and 3,423^rd in the West Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -27.68 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.