The District of Zhongdu is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 32.163 billion Zhongduans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 35.7%.

The Zhongduan economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion aurums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Retail, Trout Farming, Soda Sales, and Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 31,785 aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary and Zhongdu has designated District City as its capital city. Crime is moderate. Zhongdu's national animal is the bovina.

Zhongdu is ranked 191,929^th in the world and 3^rd in Sierra Leone for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.