The State of X viii is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.582 billion X viiians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The powerhouse X viiian economy, worth 860 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is 55,247 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,542 per year while the poor average 11,819, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, all tariffs have been abolished, fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. X viii's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

X viii is ranked 104,305^th in the world and 139^th in Ancient Lands for Most Corrupt Governments, with 11.55 kickbacks per hour.