The Democratic Empire of Extorant is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 9.321 billion Extortians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Extorant City. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Extortian economy, worth 873 trillion Obsidian Shards a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,726 Obsidian Shards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, and the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Extorant's national animal is the Sea Lamprey, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Extorant is ranked 15,710^th in the world and 1^st in Rocky Taiga Two Electric Boogaloo for Lowest Crime Rates, with 93.5 law-abiding acts per hour.