<?Surf version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<fo:root Surfns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
 <fo:layout-master-set>
 <fo:simple-page-master master-name="test-page-master" page-width="8.5in" page-height="11in">
 <fo:region-body margin-top="0.4in"/>
 </fo:simple-page-master>
 </fo:layout-master-set>
 <fo:page-sequence master-name="test-page-master">
 <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
 <fo:block background-color="transparent">This element should allow the document's background to shine through.</fo:block>
 </fo:flow>
 </fo:page-sequence>
</fo:root>