The Love of Image Material is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, ban on automobiles, and public floggings. The cynical, devout population of 10.835 billion single tappers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of carpal tunnel syndrome. The average income tax rate is 39.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Image Materialian economy, worth 500 trillion francs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,222 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, scavengers with burlap sacks and shovels skulk around graveyards, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Image Material's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Image Material is ranked 234,110^th in the world and 12,695^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.84 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.