The Empire of Xtrocon is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Xingten Xtrocon with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.538 billion Xtroconians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xtronica. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Xtroconian economy, worth a remarkable 2,712 trillion X-Tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 163,994 X-Tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saying "don't do anything that Xingten Xtrocon wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, Xtroconians teach life's not worth a damn 'til you can shout out 'I am what I am', trespassers entering Xingten Xtrocon's office are immediately vaporized, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xtrocon's national animal is the Traxton, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Xtrocon is ranked 304,010^th in the world and 2^nd in The Shards for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 24.7 on the Kitten Softness Rating.