The Most Serene Republic of Istastioner is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Alexandria Hamilton with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, soft-spoken computers, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 4.42 billion Istastionerians 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, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Milford City. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Istastionerian economy, worth 897 trillion Istastionerian Credits 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 an amazing 203,071 Istastionerian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Violence is always the answer in Istastioner, international terrorists often get their weapons supply in Istastioner, immigrant families holding hands get stopped at the border, and the government is purchasing vast amounts of palm oil for plastics production. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Istastioner's national animal is the Red Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Istastioner is ranked 85,065^th in the world and 795^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.85 law-abiding acts per hour.