The Republic of Izern 102 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, lack of airports, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.302 billion Izern 102ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 102ian economy, worth 260 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 113,059 guilders, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 426,523 per year while the poor average 20,874, a ratio of 20.4 to 1.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', windows in Izern 102 City don't have much of a view, and Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 102's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Izern 102 is ranked 36,861^st in the world and 90^th in Izern for Most Developed, scoring 80.52 on the Human Development Index.