The Republic of Vex18 is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 6.109 billion Vex18ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 33.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Vex18ian economy, worth 236 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,782 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vex18's national animal is the penguin.

Vex18 is ranked 65,455^th in the world and 3,071^st in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 97.21 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.