The Republic of Ioke 23 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and ritual sacrifices. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.652 billion Ioke 23ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 43.8%.

The thriving Ioke 23ian economy, worth 509 trillion salts a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,562 salts, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Ioke 23 City Natural History Museum, money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, fish with fish chips have become the new Ioke 23ian food staple, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioke 23's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ioke 23 is ranked 61,967^th in the world and 1,297^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Primitive, scoring 45.48 on the Scary Big Number Scale.