The Queen's State of Apex Villa is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.218 billion Apex Villans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The minute, moralistic, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The powerhouse Apex Villan economy, worth 877 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 41,341 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 141,831 per year while the poor average 8,844, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller and voting is voluntary. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Apex Villa's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Apex Villa is ranked 96,351^st in the world and 140^th in United States of America for Most Beautiful Environments, with 570.74 pounds of wildlife per square mile.