The GUARDIAN MUNCHING VINNIES of DUXBURIAN UNION is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Aelir Avoldran Dehn am Nevian with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 40.027 billion Duxburians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Defense and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dairghazbury. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Duxburian economy, worth an astonishing 14,780 trillion Kaels a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 369,260 Kaels, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,133,291 per year while the poor average 30,496, a ratio of 70.0 to 1.

Vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR, the government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", DUXBURIAN UNION isn't what it used to be, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. DUXBURIAN UNION's national animal is the Valkyrie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Dalaenism.

DUXBURIAN UNION is ranked 5,699^th in the world and 13^th in European Union for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 11,621.29 on the Gilded Widget Scale.