The Sultanate of Zinderneuf is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gary Cooper with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 27.831 billion Zinderneufians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Geste City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.1%.

The powerhouse Zinderneufian economy, worth a remarkable 2,177 trillion Francs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 78,249 Francs, with the richest citizens earning 7.9 times as much as the poorest.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, Zinderneuf's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, and no suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zinderneuf's national animal is the Viper, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zinderneuf is ranked 110,354^th in the world and 1^st in Monty Pythons Flying Circus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,018.47 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.