The Kingdom of Apexiala Cards 16 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and complete lack of prisons. The devout population of 4.49 billion Apexialans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.4%.

The all-consuming Apexiala Cards 16ian economy, worth 523 trillion Apexialas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,588 Apexialas, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Treason is relative, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, and loading sixteen tons of laundry gets you another year older and deeper in debt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apexiala Cards 16's national animal is the Mythic, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Apexiala Cards 16 is ranked 78,238^th in the world and 168^th in The Apexialan Commonwealth for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.81 law-abiding acts per hour.