The Kingdom of Ionic compounds is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 764 million Ionic compoundsians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ionic compoundsian economy, worth 95.3 trillion atoms a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,792 atoms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister, gene-engineered sewerjacks don't smell but they do stink, married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ionic compounds's national animal is the Gorsachius melanolophus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ionic compounds is ranked 15,338^th in the world and 15^th in USSD for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,215.7 pounds of wildlife per square mile.