The Democratic Republic of Ishadonia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 390 million Ishadonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 40.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ishadonian economy, worth 17.4 trillion Irises a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,681 Irises, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, politicians are often seen attending regional history classes at primary schools within their constituencies, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and artists are pillars of society. Crime is totally unknown. Ishadonia's national animal is the Royal Bengal tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ishadonia is ranked 158,568^th in the world and 370^th in A Taco Paradise for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 517.05 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.