The Republic of West Zephyrina is a tiny, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 12 million West Zephyrinans 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case West Zephyrinan economy, worth 76.6 billion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 6,384 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Zephyrina's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

West Zephyrina is ranked 321,104^th in the world and 2,260^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Populations, with 12.0 million capita.