The Fiefdom of Iono is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.376 billion Ionoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ionoan economy, worth 216 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,152 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Iono City Pride Parade's head banner explains how unionizing is heteronormative, the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town, and teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iono's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iono is ranked 200,306^th in the world and 130^th in Herta Space Station for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.66 percentage of bribes refused.