The Ilcanus-sentric Empire of Ilconia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ilcane with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 28.568 billion Ilconians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ilcanopolis. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Ilconian economy, worth a remarkable 7,196 trillion Aurums 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, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 251,920 Aurums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 888,583 per year while the poor average 51,665, a ratio of 17.2 to 1.

The comic book series 'Ilcane and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, and women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up". Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Ilconia's national animal is the Aries, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ilconia is ranked 5,327^th in the world and 1^st in Suomi for Largest Populations, with 28.6 billion capita.