The Federal Republic of Illion is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The cynical population of 50 million Illionians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Illionian economy, worth 2.82 trillion Dollars 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 56,447 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, organisations with 800 in their phone number are often raided by special forces, art criticism in Illion is scathingly destructive, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Illion's national animal is the White Tail Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Illion is ranked 123,899^th in the world and 3,448^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.