The Republic of Izon is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Reader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.8 billion Izonians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CAPitol. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Izonian economy, worth 471 trillion tests a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,535 tests, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

A baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes, and middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Izon's national animal is the test, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Raddishgion.

Izon is ranked 285,300^th in the world and 2,754^th in the Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.87 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.