The Rogue Nation of Ink and Iron is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 236 million Artists are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Healthcare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.9%.

The sizeable but inefficient Artistic economy, worth 8.02 trillion marks a year, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,967 marks, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Nation-building is the new national pastime, constipated-looking politicians are uptight about potty mouths, citizens who become homeless are immediately executed, and selling bombs to terrorists has become government policy. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ink and Iron's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ink and Iron is ranked 286,885^th in the world and 6^th in The Guild of Vharata for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,825.61 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.