The Republic of Izern 4 is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its closed borders, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.202 billion Izern 4ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 4ian economy, worth 912 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 147,189 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Enterprising game developers are a hop, skip, and a double-jump away from arrest, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, biker gangs and fashionistas are converting to Violetism en masse, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 4's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 4 is ranked 28,001^st in the world and 15^th in Voidwolf for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,787.51 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.