The Oppressed Peoples of Vylixan Styx 59 is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ritual sacrifices, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.339 billion Vylixan Styx 59ians 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 31.6%.

The Vylixan Styx 59ian economy, worth 449 trillion pulas a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,844 pulas, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vylixan Styx 59's national animal is the moose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Vylixan Styx 59 is ranked 168,758^th in the world and 201^st in Vylixan Prime for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.41 law-abiding acts per hour.