The Republic of Ipecacea is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 13.961 billion Ipecaceans 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 relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 22.3%.

The thriving Ipecacean economy, worth a remarkable 1,196 trillion claves a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,710 claves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

There is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, adultery has been made a capital offence, the Ipecacean government is the world's largest NGO, and citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ipecacea's national animal is the mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ipecacea is ranked 43,190^th in the world and 3^rd in Dispatchia for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.