The Liberalist Utopia of Itsebed is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Unnamed One with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.874 billion Itsebeds enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

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 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Itsebedian economy, worth 72.8 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 38,849 Rupiae Moscoviaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cash-strapped politicians frequently host bake sales to fund their campaigns, euthanasia is illegal, the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery, and census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate. 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 39,770^th in the world and 435^th in Europe for Smartest Citizens, with 49.12 quips per hour.