The Republic of Irakleio is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Katharina first empress of Irakleio with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.524 billion Irakleians 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Póli ton Theón. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Irakleian economy, worth a remarkable 1,113 trillion Drachmaes 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 mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 116,885 Drachmaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every week is blindness awareness week, the number of deaths due to poor fungus identification is mushrooming, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, and the government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Irakleio's national animal is the Kri-kri, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Cult of Katharina the Glorious.

Irakleio is ranked 34,991^st in the world and 4^th in Slavija for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 197.1 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.