The Empire of Zoxim is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Vorax obsidian with an even hand, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.05 billion Zoximians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valdon. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Zoximian economy, worth 317 trillion Zoxes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,885 Zoxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

More sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, highly paid government contractors are found coughing up furballs in alleyways, a handful of megacorporations own every "craft brewery" in the nation, and gym teachers instruct advanced-level calculus classes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zoxim's national animal is the Irish elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Endicron.

Zoxim is ranked 301,353^rd in the world and 11,786^th in Balder for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -69.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.