The Republic of Islaarsans is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Justin with an iron fist, and notable for its ban on automobiles, ritual sacrifices, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.052 billion Islaarsansians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Islaarsansiaville. The average income tax rate is 79.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Islaarsansian economy, worth a remarkable 1,651 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 164,319 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Lottery winners spend most of their money on security, builders across Islaarsans are blocked up with orders for new public loos, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, and hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islaarsans's national animal is the cobra and its national religion is Judaism.

Islaarsans is ranked 801^st in the world and 3^rd in The Black Hawks for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 15,647.3 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.