The Federal Republic of Islavaska is a large, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 188 million Islavaskis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Islavaskan economy, worth 5.82 trillion kalds 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 30,961 kalds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Time flies when you're not having fun, trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Islavaska's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Islavaska is ranked 240,682^nd in the world and 508^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Developed, scoring 51.94 on the Human Development Index.