The Faculty of The Ivory Tower of Academia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Professor with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.379 billion Academics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of UniverCity. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Academic economy, worth a remarkable 1,355 trillion Theses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,091 Theses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snitches get riches, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, and the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Ivory Tower of Academia's national animal is the PhD student, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Ivory Tower of Academia is ranked 25,646^th in the world and 641^st in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 85.5 law-abiding acts per hour.