The Republic of Izern 246 is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 749 million Izern 246ians 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 Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Izern 246ian economy, worth 47.8 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,827 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government single-handedly sustains the bunk bed market, illicit spice trade makes desert merchants wrangling worms blush, internet moderators work overtime to remove memes comparing Leader to cartoon bears, and drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 246's national animal is the izern, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Izern 246 is ranked 75,056^th in the world and 376^th in Izern for Nicest Citizens, with 15.9 average smiles per day.