The Allied States of The Iron Lions is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Father Lionel Atrox with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 14.264 billion Iron Lions 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, corrupt, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Father Lion's Hall. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Iron Lionisian economy, worth a remarkable 2,220 trillion Lionisian Crowns a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,684 Lionisian Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, and the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Iron Lions's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

The Iron Lions is ranked 223,036^th in the world and 5,468^th in The North Pacific for Most Pro-Market, scoring 20.33 on the Rand Index.