The Republic of Isle Royale is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Jacob Vaghn with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working population of 10.853 billion Isle Royaleans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windigo. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Isle Royalean economy, worth a remarkable 2,320 trillion Timber Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 213,812 Timber Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, and Windigo's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isle Royale's national animal is the Timber Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Isle Royale is ranked 148,396^th in the world and 1,875^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 463.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.