The Empire of Zarnitre is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Cesare d'Azzurro with an iron fist, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, otherworldly petting zoo, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.349 billion Zarnitreans 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monteregio. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zarnitrean economy, worth 614 trillion Aureo Imperiales a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 141,212 Aureo Imperiales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 398,613 per year while the poor average 40,045, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

The government is on the side of working people (like CEOs, bankers and billionaires), it takes a village to catch a criminal, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, and workers have their fruitcake and eat it too. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zarnitre's national animal is the Orange Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zarnitre is ranked 45,724^th in the world and 3^rd in CTR for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.39 law-abiding acts per hour.