The Most Serene Republic of Xiaolin is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Council of Abbots with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 9.371 billion Soultouched 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stapleton. The average income tax rate is 32.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Soultouched economy, worth 263 trillion Fishscales a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,066 Fishscales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The housing market has collapsed like an overbaked Brancalandian souffle, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow, and the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer. Crime is totally unknown. Xiaolin's national animal is the Tiger and its national religion is Shendao.

Xiaolin is ranked 119,770^th in the world and 41^st in Anaia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.73 law-abiding acts per hour.