The Kingdom of St Ivalice is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Cid with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and national health service. The hard-nosed population of 1.234 billion Judgs are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bervenia Palace. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong a Judg economy, worth 94.8 trillion Gils 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 76,854 Gils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exported livestock are wined and dined before they are flat ironed, they say that Cid's personal computer is full of naked pictures of the Emperor of Maxtopia, the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams, and the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Ivalice's national animal is the Chocobo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

St Ivalice is ranked 249,933^rd in the world and 8,533^rd in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -151.22 on the Scary Big Number Scale.