The People's Republic of Xura is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, digital currency, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 286 million Xurans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Xuran economy, worth 16.8 trillion xuras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 58,779 xuras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, religion is strictly forbidden within school grounds, prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, and children dream of becoming physicians and physicists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xura's national animal is the xuran black bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xura is ranked 246,807^th in the world and 1,256^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 46.16 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.