The Empire of Explandionian is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, zero percent divorce rate, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 724 million Explandionianians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 57.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Explandionianian economy, worth 43.5 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 60,019 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Both criminals and civilians are DOA, international trade can be a pain to deal with, works of historical fiction contain a surprising lack of historical figures, and referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Explandionian's national animal is the peacock.

Explandionian is ranked 133,557^th in the world and 109^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,439.13 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.