The Republic of January 3rd is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 271 million January 3rdians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.2%.

The sizeable but inefficient January 3rdian economy, worth 16.2 trillion Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 59,728 Cards, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 182,147 per year while the poor average 15,192, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

The new iVote app allows representatives to vote on legislation by launching ill-tempered birds and matching candies, the nation solves other countries' human rights problems with a generous dose of violence, the January 3rdian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely, and citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. January 3rd's national animal is the Card.

January 3rd is ranked 155,872^nd in the world and 17^th in Calendar for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 37,509.64 Standard Monetary Units.