The Republic of Intown is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.488 billion Intownians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Social Policy, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Intownian economy, worth 87.3 trillion bitcoins 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 Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. 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 58,651 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bungee jumpers rarely go splat, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police, and the police turn a blind eye to desecration if it's done in the name of religion or protest. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Intown's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Intown is ranked 116,112^th in the world and 3,058^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 78.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.