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The Kingdom of Jamspire is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.525 billion Jamspireans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 81.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Jamspirean economy, worth 191 trillion Jans a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 125,655 Jans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Economists claim no news is good news, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad, and mechanics are often exhausted by their work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jamspire's national animal is the Snail, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Jamspire is ranked 17,905^th in the world and 2^nd in Nova Britannia Prima for Most Patriotic, with 54.57 flags saluted per person per day.