The Multinational Coalition of I S T O is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Secretary-General Alex Andino with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.75 billion Treaty Members are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NYC-Former UN building. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The thriving Treatiyst economy, worth 463 trillion Knox Accords Credit KAC$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 80,602 Knox Accords Credit KAC$s, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, fire and brimstone sermons are accompanied by napalm and fragmentation bombs, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. I S T O's national animal is the Hedgehog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is McCarthist Anti-Communism.

I S T O is ranked 35,541^st in the world and 10^th in Kerbals of the North for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,421.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.