The Republic of Ioke 48 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.566 billion Ioke 48ians 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ioke 48ian economy, worth 374 trillion salts 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 57,007 salts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Army rations are served on silver platters, the nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them, large sections of Ioke 48 have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ioke 48's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ioke 48 is ranked 51,983^rd in the world and 152^nd in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.62 law-abiding acts per hour.