The Federal Republic of Zolystia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Dmitry Doughnut with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.826 billion Zolystians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hodasa. The average income tax rate is 82.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zolystian economy, worth 478 trillion Lems a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,142 Lems, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners fit in their parole hearings around their spa treatments, only vaccinated citizens may have free healthcare, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, and garishly-decorated government buildings are being hailed as the height of 'religious nouveau'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zolystia's national animal is the Zolystian Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Zolystia is ranked 280,752^nd in the world and 643^rd in Europe for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 21,524.56 Standard Monetary Units.