The United Socialist States of New Illyricum is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ernesto Lucius Scaevolus with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 1.871 billion New Illyricumians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Ignatius. The average income tax rate is 81.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Illyricumian economy, worth 112 trillion Denarii a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 59,949 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Epidemiologists happily announce that the reported incidence of depression is close to zero percent, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, and there is no other place with more lab coats per square mile than former houses of worship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Illyricum's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Atheistic.

New Illyricum is ranked 225,292^nd in the world and 353^rd in The League for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.66 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.