The Republic of Izern 104 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, ritual sacrifices, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The compassionate population of 2.355 billion Izern 104ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 62.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 104ian economy, worth 206 trillion florins a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,840 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, universities now offer degrees in cycling etiquette, returning vacationers often find that their property is now a construction site, and Izern 104 Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 104's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 104 is ranked 194,402^nd in the world and 97^th in Izern for Largest Populations, with 2.35 billion capita.