The Golden Shores Monarchy of Island Union is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by King Nick Jensen with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 41.581 billion Islanders are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tropicana. The average income tax rate is 94.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Islander economy, worth a remarkable 6,367 trillion Isles a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,139 Isles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and the atmosphere in Islander boardrooms is turning more gay. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Island Union's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Island Union is ranked 24,442^nd in the world and 5^th in Equinox for Highest Average Incomes, with 153,139.71 Standard Monetary Units.