The Commune of Xyrron is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The People with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.349 billion Xyrronians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iruka. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Xyrronian economy, worth a remarkable 1,725 trillion Labour Vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 184,611 Labour Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious education is a new government priority, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million Labour Vouchers of property damage, and a video of The People wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news. Crime is totally unknown. Xyrron's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Humanism.

Xyrron is ranked 291,409^th in the world and 359^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -20.46 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.