The Democratic States of Traxium is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The quiet, industrious population of 428 million Traxiumians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Traxiumian economy, worth 41.0 trillion Leks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,787 Leks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recorded music can be rented but not bought from record companies, city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of high velocity delivery drones, national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first, and knitting needles have been banned in the name of public safety. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Traxium's national animal is the golden osprey, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Traxium is ranked 221,086^th in the world and 1,006^th in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.