The Most Serene Republic of Istastioner is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Alexandria Hamilton with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 4.483 billion Istastionerians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Milford City. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Istastionerian economy, worth 937 trillion Istastionerian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 209,222 Istastionerian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

If there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Alexandria Hamilton is a silly poophead, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, and politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Istastioner's national animal is the Red Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Istastioner is ranked 5,411^th in the world and 86^th in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,642.24 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.