The Radioactive Republic of Jasque is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Citizen Amaneus Lachance with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ubiquitous missile silos, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 40.932 billion Jasqueans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chernobyl. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Jasquean economy, worth an astonishing 10,443 trillion Becquerels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 255,144 Becquerels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true, war is made in the name of love, there's more vermin than ever on the metro, and companies are literally blowing their competition out of the water. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Jasque's national animal is the Green Glowing Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Jasque is ranked 79,146^th in the world and 2^nd in The New Meritocracy for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,725.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.