The The GCEX Member State of Xtremia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 26.795 billion Xtremians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.2%.

The thriving Xtremian economy, worth a remarkable 1,537 trillion Marks a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is 57,375 Marks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 232,632 per year while the poor average 9,419, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

Voting is compulsory, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Xtremia's national animal is the Lapine, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Xtremia is ranked 115,973^rd in the world and 1^st in Imperial Germany for Most Corrupt Governments, with 8.37 kickbacks per hour.