The Republic of Izern 269 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its lack of airports, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 721 million Izern 269ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Izern 269ian economy, worth 36.3 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,291 izerns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Treason is relative, the nation's skies are now a wasteland, restaurateurs put a lot of effort into persuading customers to accept wafer-thin mints, and citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 269's national animal is the izern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 269 is ranked 137,556^th in the world and 494^th in Izern for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,075.03 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.