The Federal Republic of Islavaska is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 272 million Islavaskis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akunsut. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Islavaskan economy, worth 11.0 trillion kalds 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 40,523 kalds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's recent "I have a dream that we will fight them by raking muck on the beaches" speech seems a little derivative to many, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Islavaskis, and all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islavaska's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Islavaska is ranked 17,575^th in the world and 299^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 3,435.48 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.