The Federation of Ivario is a tiny, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8 million Ivarioans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.8%.

The very strong Ivarioan economy, worth 421 billion Ivarian marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 52,668 Ivarian marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 165,422 per year while the poor average 12,839, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Ivario's national animal is the German Shepherd, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ivario is ranked 28,820^th in the world and 31^st in Fifth Empire for Fattest Citizens, with 15.43 Obesity Rate.