The Allied States of Irelord is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory vegetarianism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 442 million Irelordians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Irelordian economy, worth 30.1 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Book Publishing. Average income is 68,065 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, constituents prefer a carrot and boomstick approach to dealing with politicians, life is somewhat repetitive, and some paycheques only arrive every 12 to 24 weeks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Irelord's national animal is the brachiosaurus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Irelord is ranked 283,036^th in the world and 1,154^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.61 kickbacks per hour.