The Undying flames of XXcatiburn is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Vulcan with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.383 billion Arsonists are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The incinerator. The average income tax rate is 51.1%.

The frighteningly efficient XXcatiburnian economy, worth 140 trillion matches a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,704 matches, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, literally voiceless people are unable to protest when food and water are denied to them, colonials are offended to find a local animal has been re-named the 'Furry Four-Legged Marsupial Fire Beetle', and the government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. XXcatiburn's national animal is the Fire beetle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is hellfire.

XXcatiburn is ranked 14,826^th in the world and 17^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,896.3 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.