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The Corporate Conglomerate of Vexus is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman Whitmore with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.38 billion Vexians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vector. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Vexian economy, worth a remarkable 1,410 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 191,085 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,737,731 per year while the poor average 2,397, a ratio of 724 to 1.

Scenic tours are unheard of after most environmental laws were abolished, vacationing Vexians expect to be treated as royalty, parole board directors light up a joint before telling hash-brownie baking grannies that they have to stay behind bars, and preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vexus's national animal is the Snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Consumerism.

Vexus is ranked 11,299^th in the world and 2^nd in Selene for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 40,123.74 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.