The State of IE is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, complete lack of public education, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 25.297 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 a remarkable 1,101 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 Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, 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 655^th in the world and 2^nd in Free Will for Most Extreme, scoring 50.33 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.