The United Socialist States of Islasa is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Blake Reynolds with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.275 billion Islasans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solisia. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Islasan economy, worth 80.0 trillion Dinalas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,755 Dinalas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Research to reduce famine is defunded by a one percent margin vote, group hugs break out during floor votes, workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, and invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islasa's national animal is the Gecko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Islasa is ranked 295,733^rd in the world and 113^th in The Western Isles for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 23.69 on the Bus Surprisal Index.