The Holy Dead Zone of -Zed- is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Dracula with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.033 billion Greeks are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Greek economy, worth 740 trillion Drachmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 183,525 Drachmas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 848,699 per year while the poor average 23,942, a ratio of 35.4 to 1.

The military will start wars with other nations on a lark, lottery winners spend most of their money on security, it's said that a Greek always pays his debts with significant compounding, and a rebrand a day keeps the debt collectors away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Zed-'s national animal is the Satyr, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Parthenon.

-Zed- is ranked 23,872^nd in the world and 1^st in RegionZ for Largest Governments, scoring 28.6 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.