The Community of Isinglass is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 873 million Isinglassians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Highland. The average income tax rate is 47.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Isinglassian economy, worth 31.6 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,140 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, the Federal Council of Isinglass has been announced as the new Head of State, visiting dignitaries make excuses to leave functions early and head to the nearest pub, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Isinglassian politicians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isinglass's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Isinglass is ranked 127,575^th in the world and 10^th in Corrucord Coalition for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,434.72 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.