The Islamic Republic of Zimardini is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Serafeim Stamatis with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.815 billion Zimardinians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orestiada. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.9%.

The all-consuming Zimardinian economy, worth a remarkable 2,322 trillion Dollars a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,142 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 521,149 per year while the poor average 25,505, a ratio of 20.4 to 1.

Jaywalkers are condemned to lives of poverty for their heinous crimes, using "inspect element" is grounds for espionage charges, the country is preparing for war, and religious officials are furious after discovering that things made of stone do not burn well at the stake. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zimardini's national animal is the Giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Islam.

Zimardini is ranked 37,072^nd in the world and 3^rd in Equiterra for Largest Governments, scoring 25.04 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.