The Kingdom of Xerxias is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 168 million Xerxians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.1%.

The powerhouse Xerxian economy, worth 12.3 trillion shillings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,502 shillings, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 426,572 per year while the poor average 6,006, a ratio of 71.0 to 1.

Birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers, it is technically inaccurate to call the dead 'worm food', smiling in public is seen as criminally suspicious behaviour, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Xerxias's national animal is the direwolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Xerxias is ranked 282,849^th in the world and 502^nd in Roses Without Thorns for Most Beautiful Environments, with 55.15 pounds of wildlife per square mile.