The Iorisenial Isles of Ioresca is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lumuosni Ray with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.232 billion Iorescans 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blumisetris. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ioresh economy, worth 383 trillion prayats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 171,895 prayats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, and Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation. Crime is totally unknown. Ioresca's national animal is the Ioresh Sheep, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Erutanism.

Ioresca is ranked 307,761^st in the world and 4,284^th in The North Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -8.34 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.