The Commonwealth of Longxin is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Cabinet Chief with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.253 billion LongXiners 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emladen. The average income tax rate is 83.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Longxinian economy, worth 171 trillion univs a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,960 univs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Windows in Emladen don't have much of a view, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, Longxin has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, and the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Longxin's national animal is the red panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of The Fool.

Longxin is ranked 290,920^th in the world and 381^st in Starlight for Largest Black Market, with 38.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.