The State of Ziter is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Alexander Zimmerman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.715 billion Ziterians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zite. The average income tax rate is 42.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ziterian economy, worth 340 trillion Eitoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,490 Eitoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The roar of the Niagara 3000 mega-loo can be heard several blocks away, trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, job security isn't great for professional roulette players, and children aren't allowed to chew their pencils until they get home from school. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ziter's national animal is the Bluebird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orthodoxy.

Ziter is ranked 44,187^th in the world and 156^th in the Plains of Perdition for Smartest Citizens, with 46.65 quips per hour.