The United Planets of Ikkerus is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Secretary-General Cieneth with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.525 billion Ikkerusians 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. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Bridge of Draconis. The average income tax rate is 94.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ikkerusian economy, worth 200 trillion Ikkerus Credits 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 131,304 Ikkerus Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ikkerus's national animal is the Green Sea Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ikkerus is ranked 231,693^rd in the world and 348^th in Starlight for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,564.71 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.