The Institute Remnants of Ivan is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Allison with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9.605 billion Institute Remnants enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Diamond City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Institute economy, worth 669 trillion Bottlecaps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 69,684 Bottlecaps, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, Allison has just been declared ruler of Ivan in an international press conference, and Scientific Atheism has been named as Ivan's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Ivan's national animal is the Gorilla, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Scientific Atheism.

Ivan is ranked 216,551^st in the world and 17^th in The Fallout Wasteland for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.