The Federal Republic of Ivernary is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.065 billion Ivernarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Circinn. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ivernaryian economy, worth 165 trillion Marks a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,933 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Factories grind to a halt every time there is an election, prices for nearly everything reach all-time highs as business tax breaks are discontinued, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, and a video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ivernary's national animal is the stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ivernary is ranked 18,030^th in the world and 1,266^th in The North Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 13.34 Bank.