The Republic of Iron Desolation is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 26.599 billion Iron Desolationians 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 enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 60.0%.

The Iron Desolationian economy, worth 681 trillion Unisfeets a year, is highly specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 25,634 Unisfeets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Iron Desolation's national animal is the Rapid Unibotian, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Iron Desolation is ranked 200,150^th in the world and 6^th in Launching Point for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.64 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.