The Republic of Ishkabibber is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 44.262 billion Ishkabibberians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ishkabibberian economy, worth a remarkable 1,739 trillion doleroes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 39,310 doleroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, and pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ishkabibber's national animal is the lasa ahpso, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ishkabibber is ranked 290,936^th in the world and 859^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -33.76 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.