The Republic of Izern 321 is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 237 million Izern 321ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 35.2%.

The Izern 321ian economy, worth 11.3 trillion izerns a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 47,677 izerns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Leader spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Izern 321 to be bombproof, elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, and a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 321's national animal is the izern, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Izern 321 is ranked 267,160^th in the world and 806^th in Izern for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -4.56 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.