The Kingdom of Itayta is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Ferdinando V with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 6.12 billion Itaytans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nuovo Castiglione. The average income tax rate is 9.2%.

The Itaytan economy, worth 384 trillion fiorinoes a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Soda Sales. Average income is 62,704 fiorinoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, King Ferdinando V has just been declared ruler of Itayta in an international press conference, and the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Itayta's national animal is the southern lapwing, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Itayta is ranked 113,236^th in the world and 32^nd in Western Atlantic for Most Devout, with 501.72 prayers per hour.