The Fraternal Federation of Ilisseia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Henry Aiden with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 15.296 billion Ilisseians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Illondcamwigburg. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ilisseian economy, worth a remarkable 1,915 trillion Ili Rubles a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,258 Ili Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gaping tourists take long-distance photos of diseased natives on "indigenous peoples" safari tours, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, and Ilisseian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Henry Aiden. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ilisseia's national animal is the Sun Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ilisseia is ranked 283,880^th in the world and 6,245^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -13.56 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.