The Republic of Izern 59 is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.325 billion Izern 59ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 59ian economy, worth 324 trillion dollars 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 97,635 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 289,874 per year while the poor average 25,798, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, the nation is a sap about cutting down trees, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, and citizens are being told that the greatness of a nation's power is the measure of its surrender. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 59's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Izern 59 is ranked 151,676^th in the world and 338^th in Izern for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 37,882.76 Standard Monetary Units.