The Commonwealth of Zesole is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Queen Miralina Vivienne van Lancrest III with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 2.177 billion Zesoleans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Preyden. The average income tax rate is 46.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zesolean economy, worth 123 trillion Jikas a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 56,863 Jikas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, odysseying merchant sailors swear that they've heard sirens in the western seas, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, and the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zesole's national animal is the Northern Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zesole is ranked 103,830^th in the world and 96^th in Aesica for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,528.8 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.