The Zen State of Xilften is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, rampant corporate plagiarism, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 29.097 billion Xilftenians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt individuals juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Xilftenian economy, worth a remarkable 3,934 trillion downloads 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 Gambling, Soda Sales, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 135,232 downloads, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, and when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Xilften's national animal is the griffon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zen Buddhism.

Xilften is ranked 282,602^nd in the world and 12^th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.5 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.