The Republic of Izern 237 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, lack of airports, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 793 million Izern 237ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Izern 237ian economy, worth 48.8 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,526 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", and Leader has just been declared ruler of Izern 237 in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 237's national animal is the izern, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Izern 237 is ranked 220,095^th in the world and 466^th in Izern for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.