The Armed Republic of Iltham is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Chancellor with an iron fist, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, otherworldly petting zoo, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.085 billion Ilthami are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Navaris. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ilthamian economy, worth a remarkable 1,492 trillion Crows a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 293,434 Crows, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,490,946 per year while the poor average 31,955, a ratio of 46.7 to 1.

Artists can sign away their music on luxury paper with freshly-squeezed squid ink, colonels love the smell of trash in the morning, tourist operators promise visitors tours of live burning shipwrecks and plane crash sites, and taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iltham's national animal is the Redspine Serpent, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iltham is ranked 5,124^th in the world and 20^th in Concord for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 12,038.81 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.