The Theocracy of Italia Ore Processing Plant is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.294 billion Italia Ore Processing Plantians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 23.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Italia Ore Processing Plantian economy, worth 57.7 trillion Florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 44,565 Florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, if you go into the woods today you're sure of a big surprise, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, and the government's energy policy of refugee 'refuelment' is a well-oiled machine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Italia Ore Processing Plant's national animal is the Cat.

Italia Ore Processing Plant is ranked 139,501^st in the world and 11^th in Moonveil for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 459.85 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.