The People's Republic of The Holy Jand is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Ogleforth with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.054 billion Jand are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skellow. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Jandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,147 trillion salks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,725 salks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, environmental officials dismiss uncontrolled wildfires burning down major cities as nature taking its course, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams. Crime is totally unknown. The Holy Jand's national animal is the black elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Holy Jand is ranked 3,337^th in the world and 1^st in Atlantis for Highest Food Quality, scoring 237.41 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.