The Republic of X-ray-Yankee-Zulu is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 18.986 billion X-ray-Yankee-Zuluans 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.2%.

The powerhouse X-ray-Yankee-Zuluan economy, worth a remarkable 1,714 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 90,290 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government finds the idea of having an army to be rather distasteful, the government baselessly accuses foreign dignitaries of being assassins, high school bands practice by moonlight, and the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. X-ray-Yankee-Zulu's national animal is the laughing swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

X-ray-Yankee-Zulu is ranked 48,024^th in the world and 1^st in Pretoria for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.76 law-abiding acts per hour.