The Most Serene Republic of Iodinia is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandra Ericsen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.894 billion Iodinians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elaburg. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Iodinian economy, worth a remarkable 3,335 trillion ionics a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 209,845 ionics, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, the government seizes corporate assets it deems 'scary enough', death is nobody's business, and there is one competing standard. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iodinia's national animal is the grey seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iodinia is ranked 510^th in the world and 12^th in The East Pacific for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 169.39 on the Kitten Softness Rating.