The Barbaric Empire of Xeraph is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Alarik Ta'anit with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, national health service, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 49.583 billion Xeraphians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with Industry and Environment also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ravennii. The average income tax rate is 16.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Xeraphian economy, worth a remarkable 2,451 trillion topaz rings a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Retail. Average income is 49,438 topaz rings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gangs have taken to secret handshakes after tattoos were banned, homes have been banned from having any more than one wheel, according to the latest national census as many as two-thirds of the respondents possibly consider 'violet' their favorite color, and Xeraph has designated Ravennii as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Xeraph's national animal is the Black Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Essene Zen-Tao.

Xeraph is ranked 34,171^st in the world and 4^th in Mercenary Lands for Largest Black Market, with 45.6 trillion Standard Monetary Units.