The Burning Nation of Ithapher is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Queen Amadea de Lacu I with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, avant-garde cinema, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.981 billion Ithapherians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coruscus. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ithaphite economy, worth 634 trillion Animites a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 106,141 Animites, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Vaccinations are mandatory, celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget, government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, and what citizens give with one hand they take away with the other. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ithapher's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Order of Ithapher.

Ithapher is ranked 277,628^th in the world and 10,643^rd in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -9.02 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.