The Synthetic Technocracy of IRTAE is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Primus with an iron fist, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 17.328 billion Irtaeans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kapitola. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Irtaean economy, worth a remarkable 4,651 trillion DEMS 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 268,435 DEMS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Kapitola State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', graffiti is done with immaculate multi-layer shading, a mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, and selling advanced CPUs to anti-Irtaean terrorists is no chip on the government's shoulders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. IRTAE's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

IRTAE is ranked 330,471^st in the world and 4^th in United Realms for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 16.93 on the Bus Surprisal Index.