The Holy Republic of Zanmi is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Torchfull Tyne with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.371 billion Zanmians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nafti. The average income tax rate is 55.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zanmian economy, worth 230 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,060 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, Nafti has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, foreign ambassadors closely guard their culinary secrets, and all roads lead to Nafti. Crime is totally unknown. Zanmi's national animal is the Quartz Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zanmi is ranked 15,961^st in the world and 1^st in The Graveyard for Most Cultured, scoring 95 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.