The Federal Republic of Iron Cladia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Brown Tiger with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working population of 14.519 billion Iron Cladians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canyon Lake. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iron Cladian economy, worth a remarkable 1,868 trillion Iron Cladian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 128,674 Iron Cladian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iron Cladia's national animal is the Longhorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Iron Cladia is ranked 2,839^th in the world and 97^th in Osiris for Highest Food Quality, scoring 230.88 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.