The Holy Empire of Mexistadt is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.519 billion Mexistadtians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Mexistadtian economy, worth a remarkable 4,649 trillion pesos a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 226,574 pesos, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers have swapped their uniforms for prisonwear, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Mexistadt City, homeless people are frequently charged with trespassing on public property, and it's usual for grandparents to stay in the family home with their descendants but younger children are often frightened of them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mexistadt's national animal is the mule, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mexistadt is ranked 8,306^th in the world and 3^rd in Wintercrest for Highest Average Incomes, with 226,574.96 Standard Monetary Units.