The People's Republic of Itielia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Roman Tkatshyuk with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, prohibition of alcohol, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.866 billion Itielians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vetromest. The average income tax rate is 84.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Itielian economy, worth 214 trillion červonecs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 115,070 červonecs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Freedom is never freely given — only when the alternative is too expensive, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, news headlines suggest that Roman Tkatshyuk has a sideline in guinea pig pimping, and the banhammer is a standard police sidearm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Itielia's national animal is the stork, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Itielia is ranked 52,871^st in the world and 29^th in The Western Isles for Most Extreme, scoring 31 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.