The Community of Irial is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Speaker Nara Den Ashla with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.38 billion Irialians 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Va'kaya. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Irialian economy, worth 59.1 trillion Allotments 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 Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 42,850 Allotments, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, optometrists will see citizens in seconds but health inspectors won't be sighted for years, hordes of tourists are ruining the environment, and raccoons are plump and satiated. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Irial's national animal is the Manta Ray, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Irial is ranked 5,876^th in the world and 187^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 126.4 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.