The Federal Republic of Izern 216 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory gun ownership. The cynical, devout population of 1.288 billion Izern 216ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 216ian economy, worth 141 trillion monies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,868 monies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 420,812 per year while the poor average 19,799, a ratio of 21.3 to 1.

It is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, overly distant dads are conscripted into national nappy service, and activists sabotage clean energy in the name of the environment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 216's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 216 is ranked 60,506^th in the world and 220^th in Izern for Most Developed, scoring 74.22 on the Human Development Index.