The Armed Commune of Ireleand is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jim Pickens with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.432 billion Cult members are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Citadel. The average income tax rate is 51.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ireleandian economy, worth 188 trillion pints a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 77,706 pints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

A Timoria Tourist Association survey has rated Ireleand #1 for number twos, the newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to Ireleand" on tails, retired racing leprechauns are served truffles for breakfast, and in government offices a hidden killer takes the lives of ministers and civil servants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ireleand's national animal is the leprechaun, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The One True Faith.

Ireleand is ranked 53,430^th in the world and 9^th in Timoria for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 19,333.02 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.