The Most Serene Republic of Xiboda is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Enlightened Tradesman with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ubiquitous missile silos, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.672 billion Xibodans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pentaiso. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Xibodic economy, worth 180 trillion Ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 107,865 Ducats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,162 per year while the poor average 21,883, a ratio of 17.5 to 1.

Elite teams of assassins have been sent into Brasilistan, the Xiboda Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, and innocent civilians in Brasilistan are evacuating the country after rumours a nuclear strike is imminent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xiboda's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cult of the Orca.

Xiboda is ranked 65,611^th in the world and 35^th in Arctica for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,935.8 on the Gilded Widget Scale.