The Republic of I-980 is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 10.11 billion I-980ians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 32.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant I-980ian economy, worth 108 trillion cars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 10,697 cars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. I-980's national animal is the driver.

I-980 is ranked 286,480^th in the world and 1^st in Interstate 980 for Highest Poor Incomes, with 10,271.81 Standard Monetary Units.