The United Islands of Iontan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Executive Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.902 billion Iontanians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken 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 5,562 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 223,373 Tayoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, and public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity. 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 159^th in the world and 7^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 59,917.67 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.