The Empire of Greater Iresco is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by King Artur with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, anti-smoking policies, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.978 billion Irescoans 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, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iresco City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Irescoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,148 trillion irescis 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 262,857 irescis, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

The new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", all writing must pass a censorship board before being allowed on the shelves, the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, and torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Iresco's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Artur.

Greater Iresco is ranked 290,195^th in the world and 1^st in Iresco for Highest Food Quality, scoring 2.96 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.