The Collective Joke of Ithania is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 13.482 billion Ithanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ithanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,321 trillion Irrelevants 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 98,023 Irrelevants, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Ithanian weed picker are way up, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and parents dread their examinations more than their children. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ithania's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ithania is ranked 299,349^th in the world and 1,241^st in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -289.75 on the Scary Big Number Scale.