The Commonwealth of Ibarabayashi is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.94 billion Ibarabayashians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akamori. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ibarabayashian economy, worth a remarkable 1,027 trillion Kerubins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 207,921 Kerubins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, and the suicide rate mysteriously skyrockets during census years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ibarabayashi's national animal is the Raccoon Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Ibarabayashi is ranked 2,568^th in the world and 44^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Poor Incomes, with 201,025.41 Standard Monetary Units.