The Republic of Izern 193 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.771 billion Izern 193ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 193ian economy, worth 198 trillion banks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 112,044 banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 193's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 193 is ranked 285,944^th in the world and 735^th in Izern for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.2 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.