The Nephilim of IRyS is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by IRyS with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, ban on automobiles, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 10.899 billion IRySians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heaven and Hell. The average income tax rate is 36.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving IRySian economy, worth a remarkable 1,051 trillion hope and dreams a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Gambling, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,507 hope and dreams, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

There's more hugging than talking in most talk shows, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, IRySian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, and refugee camp conversions to Hope are increasingly common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. IRyS's national animal is the rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hope.

IRyS is ranked 61,481^st in the world and 65^th in Remembrance for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 17,222.96 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.