The Federative Confederation of Xiquistan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Kassandra Korpen with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.746 billion Xiquistanians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Taharelia. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Xiquistani economy, worth 224 trillion Firzks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 128,358 Firzks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, and workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xiquistan's national animal is the Rhinoceros Iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hinduism.

Xiquistan is ranked 282,136^th in the world and 10^th in The Southern Lands for Most Primitive, scoring -375.18 on the Scary Big Number Scale.