The State of Diable Iles is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.594 billion Diable Ilesians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.2%.

The very strong Diable Ilesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,000 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is 33,810 betales, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of Diable Iles in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes, and government officials raid public buildings to remove all mention of G*d or r******n. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Diable Iles's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Diable Iles is ranked 249,696^th in the world and 1^st in The Western Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 2.34 flags saluted per person per day.