The Fraternal Federation of Ilisseia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Henry Aiden with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 15.214 billion Ilisseians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Illondcamwigburg. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Ilisseian economy, worth a remarkable 1,914 trillion Ili Rubles a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,830 Ili Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gaping tourists take long-distance photos of diseased natives on "indigenous peoples" safari tours, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, and Ilisseian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Henry Aiden. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ilisseia's national animal is the Sun Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ilisseia is ranked 4,067^th in the world and 162^nd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 16,347.17 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.