The Empire of X3-U is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, triple-decker prams, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 414 million Exiens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asylla. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Exian economy, worth 41.6 trillion Exunis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 100,518 Exunis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

A small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, the new national anthem passes the Turing Test, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. X3-U's national animal is the hummingbird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

X3-U is ranked 63,572^nd in the world and 1,160^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,454.97 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.