The State of IE is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 20.574 billion IEians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The very strong IEian economy, worth 895 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 43,524 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 295,910 per year while the poor average 2,338, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, IE has designated Westminster as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of IE in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. IE's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

IE is ranked 197,971^st in the world and 84^th in Omega Prime for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.38 kickbacks per hour.