The Kingdom of Ireland 5 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jonathan VIII with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.227 billion Ireland 5ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potato City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.3%.

The very strong Ireland 5ian economy, worth 79.7 trillion Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 64,976 Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, the government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails, and Jonathan VIII has just been declared ruler of Ireland 5 in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ireland 5's national animal is the Potato, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ireland 5 is ranked 232,082^nd in the world and 221^st in Conch Kingdom for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring zero on the Hickory Productivity Index.