The Republic of Itefarf is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.815 billion Itefarfians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 82.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Itefarfian economy, worth 900 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,199 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

One-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of Leader's most personal functions, and wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Itefarf's national animal is the Python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Itefarf is ranked 135,395^th in the world and 1,880^th in Two for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,079.84 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.