The Occidental People's Republic of Josepania is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by El Presidente Jose David Costantino with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate, humorless population of 28.391 billion Josepanians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palmira. The average income tax rate is 2.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Josepanian economy, worth a remarkable 7,611 trillion gold pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 268,099 gold pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, auditors are gutting every governmental department, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and money is being desperately pumped into the ruined economy. Crime is totally unknown. Josepania's national animal is the seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Communionist Liberationist Catholicism.

Josepania is ranked 531^st in the world and 11^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,177.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.