The Tribal Confederation of Zong Thaing is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Servant of the People with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 969 million Zong Thaingians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lisa. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zong Thaingian economy, worth 65.0 trillion Lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 67,122 Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Zong Thaing's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded, asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before, visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Servant of the People, and citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zong Thaing's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zong Thaing is ranked 14,821^st in the world and 155^th in 10000 Islands for Nicest Citizens, with 25.69 average smiles per day.