The Fascio-Integralist Republic of Zarvice is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Rzekiviec Kokardovsky with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.891 billion Zarviceans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vosztek. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zarvicean economy, worth a remarkable 1,293 trillion orskas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 264,363 orskas, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, criminals are thrown to the falcons to repay their debt to society, a new apartment is worth a thousand betrayals, and the fastest way to the afterlife is to bet on it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zarvice's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Zarvice is ranked 1,852^nd in the world and 14^th in Fifth Empire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 141.87 law-abiding acts per hour.