The Armed Republic of Iltham is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Prime Chancellor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.389 billion Ilthami are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Navaris. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ilthamian economy, worth 281 trillion Crows a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 202,550 Crows, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 804,989 per year while the poor average 34,374, a ratio of 23.4 to 1.

The nation tends not to learn from its history, children are seen fighting in the playground for bread scraps that fall out of diamond-encrusted lunchboxes, handsome young men are forced into uniforms by their dominant elders, and young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iltham's national animal is the Redspine Serpent, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iltham is ranked 40,051^st in the world and 60^th in Concord for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,436.01 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.