The Holy Empire of The Iliad is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, aversion to nipples, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, devout population of 5.078 billion Iliadians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Troy. The average income tax rate is 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Iliadian economy, worth 496 trillion euros 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, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 97,838 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's student exchange programs are something of a one way street, postcards from Iliadian driving test centres are popular souvenirs, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, and group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Iliad's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The Iliad is ranked 135,231^st in the world and 11^th in Thegye for Largest Populations, with 5.08 billion capita.