The United Islands of Iontan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Executive Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 28.647 billion Iontanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iontan City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Iontian economy, worth a remarkable 6,684 trillion Tayoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 233,325 Tayoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, and glamping Iontanians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iontan's national animal is the Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iontan is ranked 7,707^th in the world and 133^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 462.57 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.