The Republic of Zolistan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.087 billion Zolistanians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Zolistanian economy, worth 558 trillion Usques a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,722 Usques, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only clowns with PhDs from clown college can advise Leader on Zolistan's coulrophobia epidemic, anti-government web sites are springing up, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, and the recital of citations that follows any political speech can be longer than the speech itself. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zolistan's national animal is the turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zolistan is ranked 7,254^th in the world and 126^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 475.96 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.