The Republic of Ircuo is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its closed borders, anti-smoking policies, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.453 billion Ircuoans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Ircuoan economy, worth 247 trillion OrcDollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,930 OrcDollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 446,185 per year while the poor average 14,283, a ratio of 31.2 to 1.

The long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Octopus, and children are terrified that the 'flying police monster' will come to take them away in the night. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ircuo's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Ircuo is ranked 44,196^th in the world and 15^th in Orcuo for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.