The Empire of The Inkwell Isles is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 62 million Inkwell Dwellers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.8%.

The strong Inkwell Islesian economy, worth 4.04 trillion Chipped Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 65,125 Chipped Coins, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

No one is quite sure what many government officials look like, children are raised bilingual from an early age, agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, and the Inkwell Islesian Intelligence Agency has put 'Project Quantum Refrigerator' on hold indefinitely. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. The Inkwell Isles's national animal is the Panda, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Inkwell Isles is ranked 263,328^th in the world and 282^nd in Astoria for Largest Populations, with 62.0 million capita.