The Democratic Republic of Iron Cladia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by President BrownTiger with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.967 billion Iron Cladians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Jose. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iron Cladian economy, worth a remarkable 1,414 trillion Iron Cladia Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 141,919 Iron Cladia Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Serial killers who are released early distribute death but not their seed, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Iron Cladia with a very polite populace, and the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers. 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 Cougar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iron Cladia is ranked 14,156^th in the world and 35^th in Thaecia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.