The CosmopolitanState of The IGER Civilization is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the State Control Council with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 25.836 billion Citizens of the IGER love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Visp on Planet Earth. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient IGER economy, worth an astonishing 14,340 trillion Monetary Base Units a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is a breathtaking 555,054 Monetary Base Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections demand a proportionate response, gossip magazines have pictures of the State Control Council sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, most voters only see their chosen representative visit once every election cycle, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The IGER Civilization's national animal is the Sphinx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is humanistic atheism.

The IGER Civilization is ranked 329,734^th in the world and 2^nd in SICON for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -23.68 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.