The Commonwealth of Iaticia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 634 million Iaticians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Silva. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iatician economy, worth 81.4 trillion Energy Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,366 Energy Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, Leader's new android secretary is the latest media darling, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and frisbee games on college quadrangles are grounds for expulsion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iaticia's national animal is the Winged Snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iaticia is ranked 34,991^st in the world and 14^th in Aeternas for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 230.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.