The Republic of Iaconus is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.514 billion Iaconusians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The very strong Iaconusian economy, worth 295 trillion rubledollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 65,446 rubledollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 211,515 per year while the poor average 15,303, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Iaconus's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Iaconus is ranked 67,740^th in the world and 1,701^st in Suspicious for Most Corrupt Governments, with 27.02 kickbacks per hour.