The United Republic of Iskera is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by CEO of INOGC Matthew Reynold with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, public floggings, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 2.813 billion Iskerans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, although Administration is also considered important, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ikeria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Iskeran economy, worth 565 trillion Durralls a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 201,194 Durralls, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,828,727 per year while the poor average 2,536, a ratio of 720 to 1.

The government is full of big cheese, the default state for Iskera is default, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, and AI models unanimously choose all government facts. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Iskera's national animal is the Mastiff, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Iskera is ranked 306,063^rd in the world and 63^rd in Texas for Longest Average Lifespans, with 25.25 years.