The Republic of Isla Rural is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by José Rojas Escribano with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 9.784 billion Isla Ruralians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Écija. The average income tax rate is 67.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Isla Ruralian economy, worth 957 trillion Peseta Ecijanas a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is 97,908 Peseta Ecijanas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, belief that José Rojas Escribano is a lizard-person from outer space has reached an all-time high, astronauts take one small step for Isla Rural and one giant step backward from confrontation, and on-duty Air Isla Rural flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Isla Rural's national animal is the bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ecijanism.

Isla Rural is ranked 40,714^th in the world and 422^nd in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 209.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.