The Lovable Larrikin of Istillian is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Fornost Erain with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory gun ownership, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 21.299 billion Istillian's are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Defense, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irminsul. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Istillian economy, worth a remarkable 4,214 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 197,882 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 586,631 per year while the poor average 52,396, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Unused plastic recycling bins are being dumped into landfills by the tonne, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, the internal market is thriving, and tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Istillian's national animal is the Thylacine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thybelieve.

Istillian is ranked 7,839^th in the world and 56^th in Europeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 467.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.