The United Municipalities of The Jerichowan Country is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King of the Jerichowans Karl II with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cheerful population of 11.971 billion Jerichowans 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, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bürgerich. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Jerichowan economy, worth a remarkable 2,537 trillion Jerichowan Guldens 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 211,972 Jerichowan Guldens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jerichowan novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about King of the Jerichowans Karl II, the public are enjoying a royal flush of tax cuts, prison is a nightmare, and vast amounts of energy are expended moving water to hilltop lakes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Jerichowan Country's national animal is the crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Jerichowan Country is ranked 304,410^th in the world and 5,591^st in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -12.08 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.