The Proto-singularity of Iija is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.241 billion oa Iijad 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 89.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iijad economy, worth 142 trillion Saiches a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 114,970 Saiches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, and minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iija's national animal is the Taan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iija is ranked 304,956^th in the world and 193^rd in Forest for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 12,646.77 Standard Monetary Units.