The Holy Empire of Zem Peeps is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Lord Beccus with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 6.97 billion Zem Peepsians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Berlin. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zem Peepsian economy, worth 846 trillion BIC Lighters a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 121,438 BIC Lighters, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The black market offers sweet deals, trains and passengers alike are often late, in the Beginning was the Word and the Word was "Pragmatism", and bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zem Peeps's national animal is the Edible Hornet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Peepsianism.

Zem Peeps is ranked 44,379^th in the world and 638^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 121,438.74 Standard Monetary Units.