The Republic of INXS is a mammoth, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.235 billion INXSians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.9%.

The powerhouse INXSian economy, worth 481 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,897 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

A citizen who thinks a slave is a deadbeat is entitled to make the descriptor literally true, foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, and open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. INXS's national animal is the Kangaroo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

INXS is ranked 68,259^th in the world and 5^th in Australia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 4,011.84 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.