The Incorporated States of Ikhiania is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 87 million Ikhianians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 14.4%.

The Ikhianian economy, worth 4.19 trillion Ikhanian Porons a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,195 Ikhanian Porons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, genetic researchers have been expelled, and euthanasia is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ikhiania's national animal is the Black Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ikhiania is ranked 80,679^th in the world and 2,268^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.