The Federal Republic of Exelandia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Santiago Videla with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 4.429 billion Exelandeses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ciudad De Exelandia. The average income tax rate is 87.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Exelandian economy, worth 440 trillion Dólar exelandeses a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,530 Dólar exelandeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Towns that stop turning a profit are turned into animal sanctuaries, '.lib' or '.con' domains indicate whether Exelandian websites are meant for liberals or conservatives, scientific progress marches ever forward with the first ever launch of a cheeseburger into space, and strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Exelandia's national animal is the buitre leonado, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ateismo.

Exelandia is ranked 206,972^nd in the world and 1,044^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.