self-contained

I want to create a simple LOCAL web app in Python. The web server and "back-end" code will run on the same system (initially, Windows system) as the UI. I doubt it matters, but the UI will be a typical webish combo of Google Chrome, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. There are a TON of Python-based web programming frameworks, but they all seem designed for building sophisticated, large-scale apps with lots of back-end infrastructure. I want the opposite: Something very simple, lightweight, and easily self-contained--just enough web server and framework to create/support a local web app.

I've watched a few online presentations that briefly mentioned self-contained applications in Java 9, but I have a question that I would like cleared up. With the new module system, you're now allowed to only include the minimum amount of code required to run your application. However, does the system that wishes to run the application still require the JRE, or is that something that can be included in the base module within the program? I suspect it's the latter, as the page ( here ) to download the newest version of Java still shows version 8_151. TL;DR - Using Java 9, is it possible to