The Armed Republic of Xaeralto is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.03 billion Xaeraltoans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Xaeraltoan economy, worth 665 trillion Xaeras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 110,440 Xaeras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny, and motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xaeralto's national animal is the Velvet Plumed Cave Lemur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xaeralto is ranked 13,669^th in the world and 87^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 60.81 flags saluted per person per day.