The Disastrous Planes of ZOCOM is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Overlord with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.51 billion Minion Hoarde are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — prioritizes Defense, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dark Tower. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The powerhouse a Minion economy, worth a remarkable 2,892 trillion Gold peices a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 109,109 Gold peices, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, every workday begins with group therapy, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, and there's never enough space in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ZOCOM's national animal is the Golem, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ZOCOM is ranked 311,122^nd in the world and 8^th in The Great Chili for Nicest Citizens, with 0.66 average smiles per day.