The Republic of IKEA Kingdoms is a mid-sized, genial nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 97 million IKEA Kingdomsians 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 Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 41.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The IKEA Kingdomsian economy, worth 4.61 trillion Cards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,569 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, students do more community service than homework, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, and a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. IKEA Kingdoms's national animal is the Card, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

IKEA Kingdoms is ranked 299,294^th in the world and 1^st in IKEA for Largest Black Market, with 21.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.