The Iorisenial Isles of Ioresca is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lumuosni Ray with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.196 billion Iorescans 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blumisetris. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ioresh economy, worth 374 trillion prayats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 170,438 prayats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Movies depict muscle-bound women kicking down a titanium door to carry hysterical men to safety, elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and in distant lands the nation is known as a lovely place that was even better in the good old days. Crime is totally unknown. Ioresca's national animal is the Ioresh Sheep, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Erutanism.

Ioresca is ranked 18,041^st in the world and 396^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 170,438.45 Standard Monetary Units.