The Liberal Utopia of Itsebed is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Unnamed One with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 1.752 billion Itsebeds are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Itsebedian economy, worth 67.2 trillion Rupiae Moscoviaes a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,355 Rupiae Moscoviaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, Itsebed is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, voters who forget their name are given a hint, and the official Itsebedian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Itsebed's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Itsebed is ranked 20,777^th in the world and 287^th in Europe for Safest, scoring 113.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.