The Yellow and Blue Army of IZERN is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by ⠀⠀ with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, public floggings, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.303 billion ⠀⠀ are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ⠀⠀. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.3%.

The frighteningly efficient ⠀⠀ economy, worth a remarkable 3,894 trillion ⠀⠀s a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 469,050 ⠀⠀s, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,324,287 per year while the poor average 5,107, a ratio of 846 to 1.

The government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, morning birdsong has been replaced by the sound of the morning patrol, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. IZERN's national animal is the ⠀⠀, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is ⠀⠀.

IZERN is ranked 647^th in the world and 21^st in The North Pacific for Rudest Citizens, with 532.5 insults per minute.