The Kingdom of Ichirokuhachi is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Ronan XXII with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.51 billion Iberians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinmachi. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iberian economy, worth a remarkable 2,039 trillion pesetas 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, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 370,212 pesetas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook, the inchworm that measured the marigolds is six feet under, most people attending churches are maintenance workers, and being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Ichirokuhachi's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arianism.

Ichirokuhachi is ranked 5,881^st in the world and 48^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 42,893.09 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.