The Most Serene Republic of Iodinia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandra Ericsen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.71 billion Iodinians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elaburg. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Iodinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,968 trillion ionics a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,825 ionics, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, political speeches that drill deep into bureaucratic fine detail could be said to be a little boring, the lasting legacy of the current generation is a million years of buried radioactivity, and group hugs break out during floor votes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iodinia's national animal is the grey seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iodinia is ranked 3,646^th in the world and 98^th in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,767.68 pounds of wildlife per square mile.