The Collection of Ironic Remarks is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 17.303 billion makers of Ironic Remarks hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Endless Discussions. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Remarking Irony economy, worth a remarkable 1,654 trillion famous 2 cents a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,632 famous 2 cents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, and jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration. Crime is totally unknown. Ironic Remarks's national animal is the sarcastic hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ironic Remarks is ranked 243,454^th in the world and 431^st in Forest for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -29.7 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.