The Armed Republic of Israblof is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Technocratic Board with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.758 billion Israblofians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tel Aviv. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Israblofian economy, worth 276 trillion Shmekels 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 significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,297 Shmekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The leading national news source is 'my cousin Billy-Bob on MyFace', people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions, and the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem". Crime is totally unknown. Israblof's national animal is the Rus Devil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judeo Atheism.

Israblof is ranked 321,265^th in the world and 353^rd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.41 on the Bus Surprisal Index.