The Republic of Ilyinsky District is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, free-roaming dinosaurs, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical population of 663 million Ilyinsky Districtians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.0%.

The powerhouse Ilyinsky Districtian economy, worth 46.5 trillion Ducats a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,118 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 225,525 per year while the poor average 16,512, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, former arsonists can be found on local fire brigades, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and the entire entry for Ilyinsky District in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ilyinsky District's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ilyinsky District is ranked 84,014^th in the world and 715^th in Novaya Zemlya for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,202.07 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.