The Emirate of Iskasul is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.766 billion Iskans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sakhra. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Iskasulian economy, worth 29.9 trillion Iska Riyals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 16,936 Iska Riyals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iskasul's national animal is the Camel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iskasul is ranked 161,431^st in the world and 6,233^rd in Lazarus for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 467.42 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.