The Love of Image Material is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The cynical, devout population of 8.677 billion single tappers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of carpal tunnel syndrome. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Image Materialian economy, worth 391 trillion francs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,068 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, and gay hospital patients are labelled with a pink triangle to alert staff of their substandard blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Image Material's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Image Material is ranked 77,215^th in the world and 403^rd in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.95 law-abiding acts per hour.