The Republic of Izern 9 is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, devout population of 5.084 billion Izern 9ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Izern 9ian economy, worth 645 trillion pesos a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,932 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, homeless people can be found sleeping on streets in front of unoccupied second homes, almost all products in Izern 9 are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izern 9's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Izern 9 is ranked 135,143^rd in the world and 8^th in Voidwolf for Largest Populations, with 5.08 billion capita.