The Iorisenial Isles of Ioresca is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lumuosni Ray with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.172 billion Iorescans 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blumisetris. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ioresh economy, worth 367 trillion prayats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 169,290 prayats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives. Crime is totally unknown. Ioresca's national animal is the Ioresh Sheep, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Erutanism.

Ioresca is ranked 6,201^st in the world and 260^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 142 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.