The Republic of Islerum is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Martin Nowak with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.507 billion Islerumians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wintown. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Islerumian economy, worth 517 trillion Sans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,428 Sans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, politicians cheer the nation's surging death rate, and smoking is banned in public areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islerum's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Islerum is ranked 189,896^th in the world and 27^th in The Polomon Union for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 153.19 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.