The Holy Empire of Xellex is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Xelelx with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.548 billion Xellexians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xellexa. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Xellexian economy, worth 221 trillion pills a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,526 pills, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, and the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xellex's national animal is the ocelot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xellex is ranked 20,738^th in the world and 2^nd in Two for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,084.64 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.