The Republic of Izern 268 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 638 million Izern 268ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Izern 268ian economy, worth 32.2 trillion izerns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,465 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's never "just a game" with Izern 268ian sports fans, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, and foreign leaders are advising that Leader's letters must have gotten lost in the mail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 268's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 268 is ranked 225,890^th in the world and 330^th in Izern for Fattest Citizens, with 8.53 Obesity Rate.