The Miserable State of Isvaria is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Keyotas V with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.368 billion Isvarians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City 66. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Isvarian economy, worth 23.7 trillion rubbles 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 mostly made up of the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 17,324 rubbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, only native-born Isvarians who have never left the nation are permitted to run for office, and Keyotas V is the self-declared God of all Isvaria. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isvaria's national animal is the schlufus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cultism.

Isvaria is ranked 58,538^th in the world and 2^nd in Puppet Bay for Safest, scoring 100.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.