The Gull Flag Republic of Iansisle is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nicodemo Ranalte with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 39.33 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 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iansislean economy, worth an astonishing 20,754 trillion generals 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. 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 a breathtaking 527,711 generals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, the canal flows through the land like a twisty turny thing, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Iansisle. 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 204^th in the world and 1^st in A Modern World for Largest Populations, with 39.3 billion Capita.