The BMW of X8 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Petroliament with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 23.049 billion X8ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Munchen. The average income tax rate is 68.2%.

The frighteningly efficient X8ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,770 trillion Golds a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,188 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, and the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on X8. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. X8's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Rennsport.

X8 is ranked 273,371^st in the world and 10,117^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 8.42 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.