The Iron Republic of Ballistikov is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ernst Kreuz with an iron fist, and renowned for its digital currency, sprawling nuclear power plants, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.885 billion Ballistikovians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Blitzkov. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ballistikovian economy, worth a remarkable 4,750 trillion Iron Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 480,562 Iron Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, the giant 80-storey carving of Ernst Kreuz in Mount Rushless can be seen from space, nations across the world are quick to praise Ernst Kreuz's good looks and intellectual prowess, and the clergy of Christianity remains a single-sex institution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ballistikov's national animal is the Ballistikovian Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ballistikov is ranked 1,730^th in the world and 48^th in the Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 99.07 Effective Tax Rate.