The Empire of Explandionian is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 582 million Explandionianians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 56.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Explandionianian economy, worth 32.7 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 56,237 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, you gots to be part of the Party to get in to the party, noble feuds don't end until one side gets their point across, and rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Explandionian's national animal is the peacock.

Explandionian is ranked 233,077^th in the world and 196^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4.73 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.