The Empire of Explandionian is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 682 million Explandionianians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 57.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Explandionianian economy, worth 40.7 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 59,697 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Naval patrols only last nine months, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, both criminals and civilians are DOA, and international trade can be a pain to deal with. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Explandionian's national animal is the peacock.

Explandionian is ranked 265,668^th in the world and 166^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 26.6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.