The Dictatorship of Iwazhe is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 998 million Iwazheans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 86.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Iwazhean economy, worth 104 trillion Black Glasses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 104,679 Black Glasses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime, teachers label difficult children as "somebody else's problem" before expelling them, children making baking soda volcanos are questioned by the police, and a life spent suffering in silence is considered noble. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Iwazhe's national animal is the Shade, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Iwazhe is ranked 301,371^st in the world and 1,062^nd in Concord for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 14,131.7 Standard Monetary Units.