The Chased of Ijaka8 is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 3.941 billion Ijaka8ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 71.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ijaka8ian economy, worth 49.7 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 12,600 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ijaka8's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ijaka8 is ranked 241,584^th in the world and 1,429^th in TPFKAQ for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -14.14 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.