The Axempar of Great Ignesia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lexoskhena with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.286 billion Ignesians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vrezar Vimicia. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ignesian economy, worth 204 trillion nixes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 159,351 nixes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, and pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Great Ignesia's national animal is the exarivenil, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Nexarnism.

Great Ignesia is ranked 159,542^nd in the world and 3,437^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 282.51 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.