The Republic of Ioe is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 1.099 billion Ioeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.3%.

The strong Ioean economy, worth 61.7 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,116 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, surgeons walk out of theatres more often than prima donna actors, and Ioe shot first. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioe's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ioe is ranked 226,529^th in the world and 774^th in Izern for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 41.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.