The Commonwealth of Zebastani is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by PM Zaflan Talyas with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, digital currency, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 8.745 billion Zebastanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pyrask. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zebastanian economy, worth a remarkable 2,160 trillion Zelts a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 247,005 Zelts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

If someone says there's plenty of living space in Zebastani they're lyin', the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and governments opposing Zebastani are beset by rebels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zebastani's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Blep.

Zebastani is ranked 5,343^rd in the world and 91^st in 10000 Islands for Smartest Citizens, with 125.96 quips per hour.