The Far East Strongarm of New Vicious Ironies is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Humabon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.26 billion Ironics are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Don Carlos Humabon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ironic economy, worth 733 trillion Pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 224,970 Pesos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 796,323 per year while the poor average 45,889, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The nation's endangered species are no longer endangered, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, the default state for New Vicious Ironies is default, and parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are given a short jail sentence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Vicious Ironies's national animal is the Monkey-eating Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Brotherhood of Mod.

New Vicious Ironies is ranked 6,495^th in the world and 1^st in Space Sector RPRA for Most Corrupt Governments, with 195.4 kickbacks per hour.