The Empire of Idyll is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Dr Máire Rodriguez with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.312 billion Idyllians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Idyll City. The average income tax rate is 45.0%.

The strong Idyllian economy, worth 304 trillion Idyllian-Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 91,884 Idyllian-Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

It is mandatory for actors to exit stage left, art criticism in Idyll is scathingly destructive, Dr Máire Rodriguez's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, and tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Idyll's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Unity.

Idyll is ranked 182,130^th in the world and 9,573^rd in Lazarus for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 760.43 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.