The Holy Empire of Itsik is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its enslaved workforce, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 312 million Itsikais are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.9%.

The Itsikian economy, worth 16.1 trillion sous a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,564 sous, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 215,154 per year while the poor average 8,066, a ratio of 26.7 to 1.

Insanely good theatre productions face government censorship, mathematicians are hated by children across the country, people choose marriage partners by buying a lottery ticket, and children playing with walkie-talkies are told to 'get a job'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Itsik's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Itsik is ranked 114,592^nd in the world and 206^th in Spiritus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.76 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.