The Softness of Izzalia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, state-planned economy, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 690 million Izzalians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zaliz. The average income tax rate is 85.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Izzalian economy, worth 52.4 trillion plushes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 75,895 plushes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, and recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izzalia's national animal is the rainbow fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izzalia is ranked 265,172^nd in the world and 275^th in Refugia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 11,232.58 Standard Monetary Units.