The Dominion of Xydron is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 16 million Xyrhöni 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Xydronik economy, worth 516 billion Xydronik Shillings 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 led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 32,278 Xydronik Shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, and it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xydron's national animal is the Feathered Narwhal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Xydron is ranked 27,575^th in the world and 18^th in Aeternas for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 74.11 Effective Tax Rate.