The Holy Exarchate of Iron Alliance is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Blessed Exarch Zorrak IX with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.81 billion Pyramidians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maeleum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyramidian economy, worth a remarkable 1,149 trillion Forged Soliduses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 239,076 Forged Soliduses, with the richest citizens earning 8.2 times as much as the poorest.

Disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, the Great Pyramidian Desert is reputedly the most uninhabitable place in the region, and there's never enough space in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iron Alliance's national animal is the Chthonic Daemon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Ch'thon.

Iron Alliance is ranked 7,896^th in the world and 638^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 176.36 kickbacks per hour.