The Fiefdom of Iono is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.364 billion Ionoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 32.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ionoan economy, worth 214 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,955 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and there is no rest for the widowed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iono's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iono is ranked 268,587^th in the world and 2,520^th in Herta Space Station for Highest Average Incomes, with 39,955.54 Standard Monetary Units.