The Democratic Republic of Islerum is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Martin Nowak with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and unlimited-speed roads. The cynical population of 3.357 billion Islerumians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wintown. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Islerumian economy, worth 486 trillion Sans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,990 Sans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

President Martin Nowak reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, devotion to God is only skin-deep, and politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islerum's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Islerum is ranked 9,443^rd in the world and 67^th in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.12 law-abiding acts per hour.