The Federation of Izenburg is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its public floggings, absence of drug laws, and restrictive gun laws. The democratic population of 8.591 billion Izenburgishes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ember. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Izenburgian economy, worth 499 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Gambling. Average income is 58,119 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, chess hooliganism is on the rise after the banning of organised sports, contestants on Izenburg's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent, and sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izenburg's national animal is the Forest Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izenburg is ranked 53,478^th in the world and 22^nd in European Union for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 3,074.74 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.