The Dictatorship of Ironak is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 838 million Ironakians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ironakian economy, worth 13.0 trillion Enions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 15,548 Enions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, and the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ironak's national animal is the Ironakian Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ironak is ranked 251,991^st in the world and 25^th in Lucent for Highest Poor Incomes, with 14,790.2 Standard Monetary Units.