The Most Serene Republic of Xiaolin is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Council of Abbots with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 14.558 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 Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stapleton. The average income tax rate is 32.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Soultouched economy, worth 373 trillion Fishscales a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,657 Fishscales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids who move from attending a public school in the city to the country often struggle in goat milking class, sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, and the only record being broken at sporting events is the highest death toll. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Xiaolin's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Shendao.

Xiaolin is ranked 31,337^th in the world and 17^th in Anaia for Largest Populations, with 14.6 billion capita.