The Cosmopolitan State of The IGER Civilization is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the State Control Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.524 billion Citizens of the IGER are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Visp on Planet Earth. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient IGER economy, worth an astonishing 10,332 trillion IGER-Credits 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 503,423 IGER-Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

More sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, all citizens must pass a 'multicultural sensitivity test' to be deemed fit for society, and elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The IGER Civilization's national animal is the Sphinx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is scienctific atheism.

The IGER Civilization is ranked 24^th in the world and 1^st in SICON for Lowest Crime Rates, with 365.36 law-abiding acts per hour.