The People's Republic of Ielix is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 687 million Ielixians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 64.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ielixian economy, worth 39.8 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 58,002 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ielix's national animal is the white dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ielix is ranked 219,632^nd in the world and 312^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Populations, with 687 million capita.