The Commonwealth of Zesole is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Miralina Vivienne van Lancrest III with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 2.052 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 prioritizes Education, with Law & Order, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Preyden. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zesolean economy, worth 115 trillion Jikas a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 56,524 Jikas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Prison officers are bribed not to take bribes, wounded veterans can only get prosthetics if they agree to become walking billboards for the arms industry, raver DJ XStacy holds multiple medical degrees in chillaxing, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. 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 60,592^nd in the world and 66^th in Aesica for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 156.2 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.