High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jennifer Government is a novel written by Max Barry. Published in 2003, it is Barry`s second novel, following 1999`s Syrup. The novel is set in a dystopian alternate reality in which most nations (now controlled by the United States) are dominated by for-profit corporate entities while the government`s political power is extremely limited. Some readers consider it similar in satiric intent to George Orwell`s 1984, but of a world with too little political power as opposed to too much. Consequently, some readers see the novel as a criticism of libertarianism. Many readers also see it as a criticism of globalization, although Barry claims he is not an anti-globalizationist.