The Planet Zi's Shadow State of Zoidia is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Aether Liger with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, pith helmet sales, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.516 billion Zoidians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helic-Zenebas. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ancient Zoidian economy, worth a remarkable 2,089 trillion Cybers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,496 Cybers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In the Beginning was the Word and the Word was "Pragmatism", ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, there is something rotten in the state of Zoidia, and the nation's student exchange programs are something of a one way street. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zoidia's national animal is the Blade-Liger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Zekian.

Zoidia is ranked 9,316^th in the world and 13^th in The United Federations for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,830.81 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.