The Protectorate of Pyxie is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Consort Aconite with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 4.275 billion Pyxieans 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mershugold Lake. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pyxiean economy, worth 431 trillion gold pieces a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,884 gold pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Murderers with law degrees can be seen swinging the gavel in courts, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Pyxiean Space Agency, and youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyxie's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Originism.

Pyxie is ranked 9,629^th in the world and 495^th in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 163.34 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.