The Federal Republic of Istos is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Adam Walton with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.235 billion Istosians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Calces. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Istosian economy, worth 164 trillion Ambos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 133,040 Ambos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 458,783 per year while the poor average 28,240, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

The military is blowing up any threat to employment within the nation, games of cops and robbers typically end in at least one fatal shooting, Adam Walton's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman, and personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability. Crime is totally unknown. Istos's national animal is the Meerkat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Istos is ranked 89,665^th in the world and 106^th in Europeia for Most Avoided, scoring 2.97 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.