The Independent Republic of Ikatha is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Kenneth Nqobile with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, parental licensing program, and public floggings. The compassionate, devout population of 8.639 billion Zulus are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ulundi. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zulu economy, worth a remarkable 1,449 trillion Izinkomoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,790 Izinkomoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts, and the prisoners of Azkatraz have a new emperor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ikatha's national animal is the Zulu Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Animism.

Ikatha is ranked 4,248^th in the world and 77^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 8,925.27 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.