The Gull Flag Republic of Iansisle is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Nicodemo Ranalte with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, cheerful population of 37.692 billion Iansisleans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ianapalis. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iansislean economy, worth an astonishing 17,663 trillion generals a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 468,616 generals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, many suspect that the 'Whinny The Plop' children's magazine contains covert criticism of Nicodemo Ranalte, astronauts take one small step for Iansisle and one giant step backward from confrontation, and angry citizens complain that there isn't enough geographical diversity on the new banknotes. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Iansisle's national animal is the seagull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iansisle is ranked 72^nd in the world and 1^st in A Modern World for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 44,299.6 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.