Nation/Xalica

The Constitutional Monarchy of Xalica is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 746 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xarisica. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Woodchip Exports.

Travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies, a new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Xalica's national animal is the Xalican Wren, and its currency is the Xal.