The Colony of Ignoratia is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.212 billion Ignoratians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Ignoratian economy, worth 35.2 trillion white pennies a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Cheese Exports and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 15,904 white pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ritual mummification is making a comeback, boys are forced to pair off for the school disco slow dance as the girls are all staying at home, fathers are free to sell their daughters to whomever they choose, and people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Leader's praises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ignoratia's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ignoratia is ranked 197,445^th in the world and 20^th in Edmundian Empire for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 864.95 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.