The Istkalenic Republic of Eastern Haane is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Elizabeth Ikrat with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.804 billion Istkaleners 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kirelesile. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Istkalenic economy, worth a remarkable 1,817 trillion ketsels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 206,404 ketsels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, prison visits increase substantially during election years, and populations of two-headed sparrows have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime is totally unknown. Eastern Haane's national animal is the sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secularism.

Eastern Haane is ranked 2,366^th in the world and 2^nd in European Union for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 20,057.14 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.