The Most Serene Republic of Iodinia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandra Ericsen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.721 billion Iodinians 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, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elaburg. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Iodinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,978 trillion ionics a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 184,536 ionics, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, East Lebatuckese luxury goods are plundered by the working class of Iodinia, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, and advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iodinia's national animal is the grey seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iodinia is ranked 1,201^st in the world and 33^rd in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 159.53 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.