The Empire of Ipeonia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Arthur with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.897 billion Ipeonics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arthuropolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gaucho economy, worth a remarkable 1,097 trillion pilas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 186,159 pilas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 649,778 per year while the poor average 38,796, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

"Emperor Arthur got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients, and terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ipeonia's national animal is the harpy eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Ipeonic imperial cult.

Ipeonia is ranked 102,826^th in the world and 4^th in Ipeonic Empire for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,569.23 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.