The Protectorate of Oxonicel is a tiny, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12 million Oxonicelians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The strong Oxonicelian economy, worth 661 billion Oxen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 55,164 Oxen, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 355,538 per year while the poor average 3,458, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Oxonicel's national animal is the Goat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Oxonicel is ranked 138,324^th in the world and 701^st in the Plains of Perdition for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 78.42 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.