The Federal Republic of Issime is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Montserrat Leeon-Yurena with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.469 billion Issimeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marsante. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Issimean economy, worth a remarkable 2,749 trillion Marins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 220,541 Marins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Issime isn't what it used to be, the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, and the nation operates a "finders-keepers" policy with other nations' citizens. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Issime's national animal is the Issi Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Issime is ranked 249,056^th in the world and 936^th in the Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 184 billion Standard Monetary Units.