The Allied States of Xalon is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.187 billion Xalonites are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lutrazindi. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Xalonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,478 trillion shares a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 172,301 shares, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs, grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps, students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic, and jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration. Crime is totally unknown. Xalon's national animal is the sponge, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xalon is ranked 290,385^th in the world and 19^th in Autropolis for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -18.71 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.