The Federal Republic of Iron Cladia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Brown Tiger with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 18.474 billion Iron Cladians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canyon Lake. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iron Cladian economy, worth a remarkable 2,495 trillion Iron Cladian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 135,070 Iron Cladian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Iron Cladians like vultures, private clinics eagerly advertise their trivial specialties, and bad punctuation has come to a full stop. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iron Cladia's national animal is the Rainbow Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Iron Cladia is ranked 5,757^th in the world and 302^nd in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,179.1 pounds of wildlife per square mile.