The Most Serene Republic of Istastioner is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Alexandria Hamilton with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, fear of technology, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 4.525 billion Istastionerians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Milford City. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Istastionerian economy, worth 958 trillion Istastionerian Credits 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 an amazing 211,714 Istastionerian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

This year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, the nation's teens are known for their habit of kissing through plastic wrap, and the police have nothing to do with the increasing number of 'disappeared'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Istastioner's national animal is the Red Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Istastioner is ranked 1,040^th in the world and 15^th in Europe for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 18,528.84 on the Gilded Widget Scale.