The République Populaire of Ikkabod is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Première Maël with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 13.815 billion Ikkabodians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nouveau Portland. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ikkabodian economy, worth a remarkable 2,342 trillion kiwis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 169,527 kiwis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Propaganda and Partisanship 101 is a required class all political candidates must pass before being nominated by their chosen party, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, only adults may purchase violent video games, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ikkabod's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ikkabod is ranked 2,317^th in the world and 40^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 139.43 law-abiding acts per hour.