The Impireach Cheilteach of Ierna is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Árd Rí Ó Canannáin with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.522 billion Iernans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hibernia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Iernan economy, worth a remarkable 2,326 trillion Valeras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 221,150 Valeras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, Ierna's airwaves are dominated by corporate-backed commercial radio, only toddlers and the elderly watch television before 23:00, and Ierna has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ierna's national animal is the Great Irish Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Ierna is ranked 288,952^nd in the world and 36^th in New Western Atlantic for Nicest Citizens, with 0.23 average smiles per day.