The Free Land of Ixea is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 18 million Ixeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Ixean economy, worth 186 billion pounds 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 a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. 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 10,354 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and voting is compulsory. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ixea's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ixea is ranked 223,696^th in the world and 54^th in Audinesca for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 211.99 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.