The Republic of Zeternia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Thomas W Dexter with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.483 billion Zeternians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeternia City. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeternian economy, worth a remarkable 2,598 trillion Zets a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 179,446 Zets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, and condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeternia's national animal is the Flying Ham, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zeternia is ranked 135,976^th in the world and 3,029^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 197 billion Standard Monetary Units.