The Colony of Xilton is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 29.787 billion Xiltonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Xiltonian economy, worth 645 trillion Xits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,657 Xits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine, surveillance cameras are banned, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime is totally unknown. Xilton's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xilton is ranked 192,712^th in the world and 4^th in Atheist Empire for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 642.81 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.