The Republic of Zeternia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Thomas W Dexter with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.924 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 2,681 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 common. Average income is an impressive 179,658 Zets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, and diplomatic cables about Thomas W Dexter have suddenly been very flattering. 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 238,639^th in the world and 9,572^nd in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 2.27 Obesity Rate.