The Gull Flag Republic of Iansisle is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nicodemo Ranalte with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 45.785 billion Iansisleans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ianapalis. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iansislean economy, worth an astonishing 25,774 trillion generals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 562,944 generals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, the government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, and colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Iansislean Liberator". Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Iansisle's national animal is the seagull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iansisle is ranked 128^th in the world and 1^st in A Modern World for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 43,046.6 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.