The State of Laxton is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 40.075 billion Laxtonians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The medium-sized, pro-business, outspoken government prioritizes Law & Order, although Welfare, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and Administration receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.4%.

The very strong Laxtonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,178 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Soda Sales industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 29,396 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,862 per year while the poor average 1,579, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, the streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, and Laxton has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Laxton's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Laxton is ranked 123,413^th in the world and 1^st in Crimson Battalion for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.