The Most Serene Republic of Iodinia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandra Ericsen with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.681 billion Iodinians 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elaburg. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Iodinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,959 trillion ionics a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,410 ionics, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Alcoholics are lauded as national benefactors within the halls of the Ministry of Finance, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Prime Minister Alexandra Ericsen to meetings with foreign heads of state, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, and Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Iodinia. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iodinia's national animal is the grey seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iodinia is ranked 292,299^th in the world and 5,239^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -24.35 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.