The United Islands of Iontan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Executive Leader with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 30.089 billion Iontanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iontan City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Iontian economy, worth a remarkable 7,026 trillion Tayoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 233,538 Tayoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iontan's national animal is the Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iontan is ranked 231,033^rd in the world and 411^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Black Market, with 238 billion Standard Monetary Units.