The Republic of Ieoau is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Mike Gravel with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.508 billion Ieoauans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nietzsche. The average income tax rate is 28.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Ieoauan economy, worth 502 trillion pesos a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,633 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, the lactose-intolerant are force-fed cheese products with predictably gassy results, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ieoau's national animal is the beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Tibetan Buddhism.

Ieoau is ranked 163,209^th in the world and 1^st in The Pure Land for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.87 law-abiding acts per hour.