The Empire of Zoning Out is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.987 billion Zoning Outians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 27.1%.

The powerhouse Zoning Outian economy, worth 362 trillion Duckcoins a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 90,925 Duckcoins, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

The "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, the nation solves other countries' human rights problems with a generous dose of violence, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, and EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zoning Out's national animal is the Duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zoning Out is ranked 211,645^th in the world and 2^nd in Cidade de Maringa for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.13 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.