The Country of Xcardead is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.473 billion Xcardeadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Xcardeadian economy, worth 143 trillion Xcardead dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,862 Xcardead dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has put a kid glove on the invisible hand of the free market, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, and the blues go away when it's white out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xcardead's national animal is the oh wait it any animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Xcardead is ranked 274,212^th in the world and 1^st in Ardead for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -10 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.