The Autocratic Republic of Vexilia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Teethy Phoenix with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, strictly enforced bedtime, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.33 billion Vexilians 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 juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoenix. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Vexilian economy, worth a remarkable 3,262 trillion Pounds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing 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 an amazing 349,679 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, and on-duty Air Vexilia flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vexilia's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Vexilia is ranked 609^th in the world and 19^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 4,493 trillion Standard Monetary Units.