The People's Republic of Invernessia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Academy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.752 billion Invernessians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Administration, Environment, and Education are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ferguson. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Invernessian economy, worth a remarkable 3,140 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 358,827 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, the Invernessia Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, Invernessian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, and foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Invernessia will pay them to stop. Crime is totally unknown. Invernessia's national animal is the Dragon sheep, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Linear Algebra.

Invernessia is ranked 161,704^th in the world and 803^rd in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 255.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.