The Republic of Izern 240 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The compassionate population of 666 million Izern 240ians 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 Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52.4%.

The strong Izern 240ian economy, worth 36.4 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,715 izerns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 204,116 per year while the poor average 10,283, a ratio of 19.8 to 1.

Citizens are overwhelmed by beautiful simulacra, marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Izern 240ian nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, and sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 240's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Izern 240 is ranked 100,677^th in the world and 578^th in Izern for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 897.86 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.