The Communist Republic of Italaria is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Bruno Vella with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 9.115 billion Italarians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferghala. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Italarian economy, worth 997 trillion Exeles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 109,482 Exeles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The might of the entire Italarian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, visions of giant pink Sea Lions are a common side effect after Italarians eat their meals, and it is common to see Maxémon Trainer listed on Italarian resumés. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Italaria's national animal is the Sea Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Italaria is ranked 33,649^th in the world and 4^th in Rise Of Nations Wiki Alliance for Most Cultured, scoring 77 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.