The Republic of Izern 7 is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.178 billion Izern 7ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 7ian economy, worth 708 trillion dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 impressive 136,852 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 431,860 per year while the poor average 33,135, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Izern 7ian citizenship, and therapists can always squeeze in another house-call. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 7's national animal is the beaver, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Izern 7 is ranked 120,337^th in the world and 52^nd in Voidwolf for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 40,918.97 Standard Monetary Units.