The United Socialist States of Zinoviev is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Chairman Zal with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.095 billion Zinovievians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castrograd. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zinovievian economy, worth 442 trillion Rubles 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. 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 an amazing 210,990 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bigtopian relations have become a minefield, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, government employees from Zinoviev dominate international lumberjack competitions, and the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zinoviev's national animal is the Markhor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zinoviev is ranked 171,761^st in the world and 2,521^st in the South Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 946.16 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.