The United Socialist States of Insherkhan is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 102 million Insherkhanians 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, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Insherkhanian economy, worth 600 billion Cents 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 led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 5,883 Cents, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Insherkhan's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Insherkhan is ranked 309,754^th in the world and 4,982^nd in The East Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.04 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.