The Armed Republic of Israblof is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Technocratic Board with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, otherworldly petting zoo, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cheerful population of 1.684 billion Israblofians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tel Aviv. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Israblofian economy, worth 289 trillion Shmekels 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 significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 171,785 Shmekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Technocratic Board is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, both criminals and civilians are DOA, solid-gold toilets are Israblofian prisons' least expensive furnishings, and cub scouts are being asked to hand in their woggles as the state withdraws funding for scouting. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Israblof's national animal is the Rus Devil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judeo Atheism.

Israblof is ranked 19,813^th in the world and 360^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,240.95 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.