The Empire of Zarindalia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 633 million Zarindalians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 30.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zarindalian economy, worth 28.5 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,039 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

People stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark, and the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zarindalia's national animal is the eagle.

Zarindalia is ranked 102,523^rd in the world and 2,351^st in the Rejected Realms for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,951.32 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.