The Fatiman Imperial Republic of Indo States is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Governor Michael Benson with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory gun ownership. The humorless, devout population of 3.864 billion Fatimanians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ramsey. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Fatimanian economy, worth 654 trillion Fatiman Reichsmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 169,375 Fatiman Reichsmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, gun ownership is compulsory, being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Governor Michael Benson's credibility no favours, and older citizens lament over the loss of law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Indo States's national animal is the Windsor Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Indo States is ranked 1,599^th in the world and 2^nd in Hartfelden for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 10,368.02 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.