The Empire of IE-04 is a huge, pleasant nation, renowned for its burgeoning fox population. The hard-working population of 538 million IE-04ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 20.5%.

The IE-04ian economy, worth 22.6 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 42,011 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. IE-04's national animal is the fox.

IE-04 is ranked 283,828^th in the world and 1^st in Cancer for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.33 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.