The People's Republic of Zhongtu is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Premier Lu Bu Wei with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-working, devout population of 9.752 billion Zhongtuans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zhongyuan. The average income tax rate is 52.4%.

The Zhongtuan economy, worth 480 trillion yuan a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 49,255 yuan, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Premier Lu Bu Wei has just been declared ruler of Zhongtu in an international press conference, Confucianism has been named as Zhongtu's national religion, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, and nudity is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zhongtu's national animal is the panda and its national religion is Confucianism.

Zhongtu is ranked 58,013^th in the world and 11^th in China for Safest, scoring 100.85 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.