The Kingdom of Ichirokuhachi is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by King Ronan Alfonso Bermudo de Trastámara with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, avowedly heterosexual populace, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.672 billion Iberians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kinmachi. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iberian economy, worth a remarkable 2,098 trillion pesetas a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 370,048 pesetas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-peseta charge on their phone bill, corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products, taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, and children's books regularly feature formerly distressed damsels suing their princes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ichirokuhachi's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Arianism.

Ichirokuhachi is ranked 16,557^th in the world and 49^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,802.78 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.