The ⠀⠀ of IZERN is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by ⠀⠀ with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 8.089 billion ⠀⠀ are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ⠀⠀. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.1%.

The frighteningly efficient ⠀⠀ economy, worth a remarkable 3,648 trillion ⠀⠀s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 451,060 ⠀⠀s, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,156,402 per year while the poor average 4,937, a ratio of 841 to 1.

Pharmaceutical warships enforce patent agreements with surgical precision, the Messiah (formerly known as Brian) is a mayoral candidate, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, and invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. IZERN's national animal is the ⠀⠀, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is ⠀⠀.

IZERN is ranked 7,184^th in the world and 299^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 132 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.