The Republic of Islav is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.018 billion Islavians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.1%.

The strong Islavian economy, worth 455 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,855 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Babies are a small but significant export, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, a sincere statement of belief can get you out of anything, and people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islav's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Islav is ranked 106,828^th in the world and 255^th in Dimmersun for Largest Black Market, with 2.23 trillion Standard Monetary Units.