The Federal Republic of Ironcastle is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Bradley Lister with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 29.231 billion Ironians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aelcrest. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ironian economy, worth a remarkable 6,582 trillion Ironian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 225,175 Ironian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's more vermin than ever on the metro, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, and multilingual concierges man empty inner city apartment blocks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ironcastle's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Democracy.

Ironcastle is ranked 326,934^th in the world and 1^st in Moneylania for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 11.27 on the Kitten Softness Rating.