The Liberalist Utopia of Itsebed is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Unnamed One with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.81 billion Itsebeds enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Itsebedian economy, worth 71.5 trillion Rupiae Moscoviaes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,511 Rupiae Moscoviaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The inside lane of every highway is for parked vehicles only, school lockers are filled with fancy underwear, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, and prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Itsebed's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Itsebed is ranked 235,101^st in the world and 613^th in Europe for Highest Drug Use, scoring 67.34 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.