The Principality of Xernon is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Santa Claus with an even hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 14.498 billion Xernonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. The average income tax rate is 90.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Xernonian economy, worth a remarkable 2,241 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,598 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians no longer click with dating app matches, back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xernon's national animal is the Vampire Bat Reindeer Elf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Athyism.

Xernon is ranked 8,104^th in the world and 16^th in Thaecia for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 7,761.73 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.