The Empire of Ipeonia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Arthur with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.91 billion Ipeonics hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arthuropolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gaucho economy, worth a remarkable 1,100 trillion pilas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 186,159 pilas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 649,778 per year while the poor average 38,796, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

"Emperor Arthur got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients, and terrorist videos start by thanking their sponsors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ipeonia's national animal is the harpy eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Ipeonic imperial cult.

Ipeonia is ranked 13,747^th in the world and 1^st in Ipeonic Empire for Highest Average Incomes, with 186,159.84 Standard Monetary Units.