The Federation of Illyanisches Demokratische Republik is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 136 million Illyanisches Demokratische Republikians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.0%.

The thriving Illyanisches Demokratische Republikian economy, worth 10.8 trillion Illyas a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,694 Illyas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,780 per year while the poor average 21,162, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Schoolchildren are arrested for possessing sidewalk chalk without a permit, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids, and prison walls have had to be modified to keep parkour-trained criminals from escaping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Illyanisches Demokratische Republik's national animal is the Александр Белый, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Illyanisches Demokratische Republik is ranked 83,382^nd in the world and 1,712^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,515.38 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.