The Lovable Larrikin of Istillian is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fornost Erain with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, flagrant waste-dumping, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.953 billion Istillian's are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Industry, although Defense, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irminsul. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Istillian economy, worth a remarkable 4,027 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 192,239 dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,743,574 per year while the poor average 2,474, a ratio of 704 to 1.

Unused plastic recycling bins are being dumped into landfills by the tonne, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, the internal market is thriving, and tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Istillian's national animal is the Thylacine, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thybelieve.

Istillian is ranked 11,588^th in the world and 114^th in Europeia for Most Influential, scoring 4,064 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.