The Councildom of Illhos is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by The People with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, devout population of 8.088 billion Illhosians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beidzųka. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The all-consuming Illhosian economy, worth 908 trillion gifts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 112,296 gifts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Illhos's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sum bul sit.

Illhos is ranked 331,145^th in the world and 17,662^nd in Osiris for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -13.27 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.