The Democratic Republic of Itsark is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Eisenberg o gato with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.923 billion Itsarques 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Itsariania. The average income tax rate is 80.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Itsarkian economy, worth 478 trillion miaus 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. 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 97,149 miaus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, students cut up leftover miaus during Arts and Crafts, and player-submitted issues are printed just so they can be burned by [violet] (Itsark has found 2 easter eggs). Crime is totally unknown. Itsark's national animal is the Gato Branco, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Itsark is ranked 220,863^rd in the world and 8,136^th in Osiris for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -4.9 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.