The Holy Exarchate of Iron Alliance is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Blessed Exarch Zorrak IX with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.739 billion Pyramidians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maeleum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyramidian economy, worth a remarkable 1,118 trillion Forged Soliduses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 235,968 Forged Soliduses, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, claiming that "my cousin said it was legal" is a common courtroom defense, a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, and weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iron Alliance's national animal is the Chthonic Daemon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Ch'thon.

Iron Alliance is ranked 11,061^st in the world and 631^st in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 114 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.