The Confederacy of Zila is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 315 million Zilans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Administration, with Industry, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helois. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Zilan economy, worth 35.4 trillion Byrds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 112,354 Byrds, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Robosexual marriages are increasingly common, condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals, t-shirts displaying a photo of Leader performing the Full-Monty are selling out, and games of cops and robbers typically end in at least one fatal shooting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zila's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zila is ranked 154,112^th in the world and 350^th in Horizon for Most Conservative, scoring 53.75 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.