The Neo-Republic of Xotus is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Nicolas Everett with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, zero percent divorce rate, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.438 billion Xotians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rensfield. The average income tax rate is 63.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Xotian economy, worth 498 trillion Notes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,934 Notes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

A good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, Xotus's nuclear power is imported from neighbouring countries, overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, and document forgery is a critical skill for would-be politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xotus's national animal is the Red Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Reflectionism.

Xotus is ranked 26,518^th in the world and 1,888^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 84.9 law-abiding acts per hour.